The Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is a migratory bird found in the Americas. It was first described in 1807 by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot as Hirundo bicolor. This bird spends most of its time flying and chasing after insects in...
The violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina ) is a small North American passerine bird in the swallow family. These aerial insectivores are distributed along the west coast from Alaska to Mexico, extending as far east as Montana and Texas. With...
The Golden swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) is a small swallow endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. It was once native to Jamaica, but is now extirpated there. The exact cause of its extirpation from Jamaica is unknown. The last sighting of...
The mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea ) is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in coastal regions from Mexico through Central America to Panama. It has blue-green upperparts, blackish flight feathers, a white rump, a black tail,...
The white-rumped swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa ) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. First described and given its binomial name by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817, it was for many years considered a subspecies of the...
The Bahama swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis ) is a swallow found only in the Bahamas.
The Chilean swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga ) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It breeds in Chile and Patagonia, migrating north as far as Bolivia, Paraguay, and Rio Grande do Sul.
The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer ) is a resident breeding swallow in tropical South America from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina. It is not found west of the Andes. This swallow is largely non-migratory.
The Tumbes swallow (Tachycineta stolzmanni ) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.It is found in northwestern Peru and far southwestern Ecuador.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, coastal saline lagoons, and arable land.