Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca)

Extreme eastern Colombia (eastern Vichada, eastern Guain��a, eastern Vaup�s), southern and eastern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bol��var, Delta Amacuro), the Guianas, and locally in Amazonian and southern Brazil (mainly upper R Negro area, also Amap� and, south of Amazon, along drainages of rivers Madeira, Tapaj�s, Xing� and Tocantins, also isolated records from south-eastern Bahia, and from upper R Paran� in southern Goi�s); also on Brazil-Argentina border (Igua��u Falls).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca) [XC219276]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Orinoco river islands, Amazonas, Venezuela (call)

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca) [XC706342]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Isla Barranquilla - Araracuara \/ Solano, Caqueta, Colombia (flight call, song, parvada)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

DNA data suggest that this genus and Neochelidon are sister-taxa.

References
See References.

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