White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis)

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
10.50 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1853)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

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 (2)...)

White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis) [XC262372]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (song)

White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis) [XC226642]
by Olaf Jahn from Iracema falls, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil (call)

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

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

minima Chapman, 1924 - Eastern Panama, western Colombia and western Ecuador (south to eastern Guayas).
griseiventris Chapman, 1924 - Southern and south-eastern Venezuela (Amazonas, south-eastern Bol��var), eastern and southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
tibialis (Cassin, 1853) - Eastern Brazil (eastern Bahia, Esp��rito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, eastern S�o Paulo).

References
See References.

Files:

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