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Photo by v
Bahia Solano, Chocó, Colombia, 1 December 2008

Atticora tibialis

Distribution

Panama to Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

White thigh is visible on bird top right
Photo © by Andy Adcock
Uaiparu River Valley, Venezuela, 19 January, 2016

Formerly placed in genus Neochelidon.

Subspecies

There are three subspecies^[1]:

• A. t. minima:

• Central Panama to western Colombia and western Ecuador

• A. t. griseiventris:

• South Colombia to south-eastern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil

• A. t. tibialis:

• South East Brazil (Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

Habitat

Forest borders and small clearings

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. SACC proposal to rearrange the taxonomy of South American swallows

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-thighed Swallow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-thighed_Swallow

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