Tachycineta

Tachycineta
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Hirundinidae
Subfamily:Hirundininae
Genus:Tachycineta
Cabanis, 1850
Species

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Tachycineta (Greek: tachýs "fast", kīnéō "move")[1] is a genus of birds in the swallow family. There are nine described species. Its members are restricted to the Americas.

These are slender swallows with forked tails. Most species have a metallic green back, green or blue head, and metallic blue or unglossed brown wings. All have pure white underparts, and four species have a white rump.

Most Tachycineta swallows are at least partially migratory, with only golden and mangrove swallow being essentially resident. All the species use natural or disused cavities for nest sites.

Species in taxonomic order

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Tachycineta bicolorTree swallownorth-central Alaska and up to the tree line in Canada and as far south as Tennessee in the eastern part of its range, California and New Mexico in the west, and Kansas in the centre
Tachycineta thalassinaViolet-green swallowcentral Alaska down to Mexico
Tachycineta euchryseaGolden swallowHispaniola and Jamaica
Tachycineta cyaneoviridisBahama swallownorthern Bahamas: Andros, Grand Bahama, Abaco, and New Providence
Tachycineta stolzmanniTumbes swallownorthwestern Peru and far southwestern Ecuador.
Tachycineta albilineaMangrove swallownative to Mexico and all of Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama)
Tachycineta albiventerWhite-winged swallowtropical South America from Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad south to northern Argentina.
Tachycineta leucorrhoaWhite-rumped swallowArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
Tachycineta leucopygaChilean swallowArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

References

  1. ↑ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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