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Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)

Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)

About Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Swallows

The mangrove swallow is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in coastal regions from Mexico through Central America to Panama. It has blue-green upperparts, blackish flight feathers, a white rump, a black tail, and white underparts. It can be identified by the supraloral white streak, the white line near its eye, which only occurs in two other species of Tachycineta: the violet-green swallow and the white-rumped swallow. The sexes, although similar in plumage, differ slightly in size. The juveniles have grey-brown upperparts and white-washed underparts. This swallow's song is generally described as a soft trilling, with a rolled jeerrt call, and a sharp alarm note.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2008-01-08

    San Blas Ponds, Mexico
    Image from 2008-01-08
  • 2009-01-18

    Lamanai Ruins River Trip, Belize
  • 2009-01-20

    Crooked Tree, Belize
  • 2009-02-07

    Parque National Iztopo, Honduras
  • 2009-02-24

    Puerto Jiminez, Costa Rica
    Image from 2009-02-24
  • 2009-03-18

    Mogue, Panama
  • 2015-10-28

    Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama
  • 2023-09-26

    Parque Nacional Tortuguero, Costa Rica
  • 2023-09-27

    Parque Nacional Tortuguero, Costa Rica