Blue-and-white Swallow
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Blue-and-white Swallow
The Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Hirundinidae (Swallows) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-and-white Swallow
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Pygochelidon cyanoleuca cyanoleuca
- Pygochelidon cyanoleuca peruviana
- Pygochelidon cyanoleuca patagonica
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo cyanoleuca
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Paraguay.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 14 p.509
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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