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 LC    Black-collared Swallow* Id (Atlas):
    Pygochelidon melanoleuca

Description (10)
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Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wied, 1820)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 300 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay (B), Suriname, Venezuela.

Extreme eastern Colombia (eastern Vichada, eastern Guainí­a, eastern Vaupés), southern and eastern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolí­var, Delta Amacuro), the Guianas, and locally in Amazonian and southern Brazil (mainly upper R Negro area, also Amapá and, south of Amazon, along drainages of rivers Madeira, Tapajós, Xingú and Tocantins, also isolated records from south-eastern Bahia, and from upper R Paraná in southern Goiás); also on Brazil-Argentina border (Iguaí§u Falls).
 
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) [XC731563]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (flight call)

 
Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca) [XC854920]
     by Chris Parrish from Machadinho d'Oeste, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

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


References
See References.


Files:
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