Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina - Hirondelle à face blanche
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Tachycineta
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Species:
thalassina
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 13 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 14 à 16 g
Geographic range
Identification
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Tachycineta thalassina thalassina (c Alaska, w Canada, w USA and nw Mexico)
- Tachycineta thalassina brachyptera (c and s Baja California and w Sonora. nw Mexico.)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle à face blanche,
- Golondrina verdemar,
- andorinha-lustrosa,
- Veilchenschwalbe,
- Groene Zwaluw,
- Rondine verdeviola,
- violettgrön svala,
- Talassinsvale,
- lastovička smaragdová,
- vlaštovka zelená,
- Smaragdsvale,
- viherpääsky,
- oreneta carablanca,
- nadobniczka białoskrzydła,
- greznā bezdelīga,
- Фиолетово-зелёная американская ласточка,
- スミレミドリツバメ,
- 紫绿树燕,
- violettgrön svala,
- 紫綠樹燕,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
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EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
- Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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