Tachycineta Swallows
Tachycineta
Tachycineta is a genus of birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae. There are nine described species all 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.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Tree Swallow
speciesTachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow
speciesTachycineta thalassina
Mangrove Swallow
speciesTachycineta albilinea
White-winged Swallow
speciesTachycineta albiventer
White-rumped Swallow
speciesTachycineta leucorrhoa
Chilean Swallow
speciesTachycineta leucopyga
Golden Swallow
speciesTachycineta euchrysea
Bahama Swallow
speciesTachycineta cyaneoviridis
Tumbes Swallow
speciesTachycineta stolzmanni
Tachycineta bicolor × thalassina
hybridTachycineta bicolor × thalassina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 11925.