Tawny-headed Swallow (Alopochelidon fucata)

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 Goi�s 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) [XC714302]
by Luiz C. Silva from Pouso Redondo, Santa Catarina, Brazil (song)

Tawny-headed Swallow (Alopochelidon fucata) [XC599494]
by Miguel Angelo Biz from Fazenda \u00c1gua Limpa, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

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

References
See References.

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