Golden Swallow
Tachycineta euchrysea(Gosse, PH, 1847)
English (US) Golden Swallow
The Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) 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
- Tachycineta euchrysea
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Golden Swallow
- Described by
- (Gosse, PH, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea
- Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo euchrysea
- Described by
- (Gosse, PH, 1847)
- Type locality
- higher mountains in the center of Jamaica.
- Original description
- The birds of Jamaica p.68
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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