White-rumped Swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa)
About the White-rumped Swallow
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 Pierre Vieillot in 1817, it was for many years considered a subspecies of the Chilean swallow. The species is monotypic with no known population variations. It has a white supraloral streak, or streak above its lores (the region between a bird's eye and nostrils), which can be used to differentiate it from the Chilean swallow. The lores, ear coverts, tail, and wings are black, with white tips on the inner secondaries, tertials, and greater coverts of the wings. The rest of the upperparts are a glossy blue. Its underparts and underwing-coverts are white, in addition to the rump, as the name suggests. The sexes are similar, and the juvenile is duller and browner with a dusky breast.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 56 recordings for this species: 12 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorrecording
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassinarecording
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventerrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.