- Swallow-wing
Taxobox
name = Swallow-wing
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Piciformes
familia =Bucconidae
genus = "Chelidoptera"
genus_authority = Gould, 1837
species = "C. tenebrosa"
binomial = "Chelidoptera tenebrosa"
binomial_authority = (Pallas, 1782)
synonyms =The Swallow-wing ("Chelidoptera tenebrosa") is a species of
bird in theBucconidae family, thepuffbird s. It is also called the Swallow-winged Puffbird. It ismonotypic , the only species within the genus "Chelidoptera".It is found in
Brazil and the entireAmazon Basin ; alsoBolivia ,Colombia ,Ecuador , theGuianas ,French Guiana ,Guyana ,Suriname ,Peru , andVenezuela . Its naturalhabitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s, subtropical or tropicalswamp s, and heavily degraded former forest.Distribution and habitat
The Swallow-winged Puffbird's range is throughout the
Amazon Basin to the foothills of theAndes in the west, in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. To the east-southeast, the range encompasses the Amazon's adjacent Tocantins-Araguaia River drainage as well as about 900 km eastward. Southeastwards from the Amazon Basin across theCaatinga , a disjunct population occurs on the southeast coast of Brazil, in a 300-800 km widecoastal strip that extends about 3000 km.On the north Caribbean coast of
South America , in the west nearly all of Venezuela is in the bird's range. The coastal range is continuous eastwards through the Atlantic coastalGuianas , and ends east of the Tocantins-Araguaia drainage in the Brazilian states ofMaranhão andPiauí .ource
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47595/all Chelidoptera tenebrosa] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
External links
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=3620 "Swallow-winged Puffbird" videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Scientific&KEYWORDS=chelidoptera+tenebrosa&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Swallow-wing photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Chelidoptera+tenebrosa Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.ib.usp.br/ceo/images/che_ten.jpgPhoto] ; [http://www.ib.usp.br/ceo/imag_sons/fvbucconid.htm Article] ib.usp.br
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/cheten14662.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/swallow-wing.html Article & synopsis] arthurgrosset [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/cheten10673.jpgPhoto-2--(no. 2 of 9)]
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