Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)

Other Names (World)
Blue-and-white Swallow, Patagonian Swallow (patagonica)

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
12 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Mexico, Nicaragua.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 5,000,000 - 50,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (85)...)

Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) [XC132192]
by No\u00e9 Eiterer from Bosque Protector Cooperativa Jima, Gualaquiza, Morona Santiago, Ecuador (call, song)

Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) [XC837573]
by Xiomara Isabel Orozco Alzate from Plaza de Bol\u00edvar Salento (near Salento), Salento, Quind\u00edo, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Atticora or, more usually, in Pygochelidon. DNA studies on this species suggest that present genus, although close to former and to Neochelidon, is distinct.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1817) - Eastern Costa Rica and Panama (highlands), Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, and from Ecuador, northern and eastern Peru and central and north-eastern Brazil south to north-western Argentina (Tucum�n), Paraguay and Uruguay.
peruviana (Chapman, 1922) - Coastal Peru.
patagonica (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Breeds from central Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego; in non-breeding season northern South America (south to northern Chile and northern Argentina) and southern Central America.

References
See References.

Files:

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