Chilean Swallow
Tachycineta leucopyga(Meyen, FJF, 1834)
English (US) Chilean Swallow
The Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga) 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.
Range: breeds southern Chile and Argentina; winters north to Bolivia and BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tachycineta leucopyga
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chilean Swallow
- Described by
- (Meyen, FJF, 1834)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo leucopyga
- Described by
- (Meyen, FJF, 1834)
- Type locality
- Santiago de Chile.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum XVI, Suppl., Vierte Abhandlung, Vögel p.73, pl. X, fig. 2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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