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 LC    Tawny-headed Swallow* Id (Atlas):
    Alopochelidon fucata Vagrant

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Stelgidopteryx fucata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1822)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

South-eastern Peru (Cuzco), and from eastern Bolivia (southern from north-eastern Cochabamba and Santa Cruz) and southern Brazil (southern from Mato Grosso, southern Goiás and Minas Gerais) south to northern Argentina (south to Mendoza and Buenos Aires) and Uruguay; also northern South America in non-breeding season.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

 
Tawny-headed Swallow (Alopochelidon fucata) [XC550387]
     by Miguel Angelo Biz from Parque Nacional das Emas, Mineiros, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call, song)

 
Tawny-headed Swallow (Alopochelidon fucata) [XC713365]
     by Miguel Angelo Biz from Pouso Redondo, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes merged with Stelgidopteryx, but lacks serrated wing edge of latter.


References
See References.


Files:
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