- Chilean Swallow
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Chilean Swallow Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae Genus: Tachycineta Species: T. meyeni Binomial name Tachycineta meyeni
(Cabanis, 1850)The Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta meyeni) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It breeds in Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands with southern birds migrating north as far as Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and possibly Peru.
It is 11-13 centimeters (4.5–5 in) in length. It is glossy blue-black above and white below with a white rump. It is similar to the White-rumped Swallow but lacks the white forehead (not always reliable) of that species and has bluer upperparts and grey underwing-coverts.
Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, pastureland, near water, in human areas, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Tachycineta meyeni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
Swallows (family: Hirundinidae) River martins (subfamily: Pseudochelidoninae • genus: Pseudochelidon) All other swallows and martins (subfamily: Hirundininae) Psalidoprocne
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(sand martins)Tachycineta
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(barn swallows)Ptyonoprogne
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