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.

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) [XC226642]
by Olaf Jahn from Iracema falls, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil (call)

White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis) [XC262373]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)

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
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Files:

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