The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 304 · seb_species_0304

Chilean Swallow

tachycineta meyeni

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

13.5 cm. A possible straggler. Very similar to /Tachycineta leucorrhoa , but lacking the white supraloral stripe and white front: more blue and less green above. Difficult or possibly not identifiable in the field. Identical to /Tachycineta leucorrhoa ^133 . Similar to /Tachycineta leucorrhoa , Breeds in central and southern Chile and southern Argentina. Apparently common in breeding quarters, over open and semi-open areas, more a bird of wooded areas than /Tachycineta leucorrhoa ^133 . A possible winter migrant to Southern Estado S<C4>o Paulo. Below 1000 meters 4800 >: 3347 :

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

13.5 cm. A possible straggler. Very similar to /Tachycineta leucorrhoa , but lacking the white supraloral stripe and white front: more blue and less green above. Difficult or possibly not identifiable in the field.

Breeding

Breeds in central and southern Chile and southern Argentina.

Habitat and status

Identical to /Tachycineta leucorrhoa ^133 .

Distribution

Similar to /Tachycineta leucorrhoa ,

Additional notes

Apparently common in breeding quarters, over open and semi-open areas, more a bird of wooded areas than /Tachycineta leucorrhoa ^133 . A possible winter migrant to Southern Estado S<C4>o Paulo. Below 1000 meters

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero)

Names by release

  • Chilean Swallow tachycineta meyeni Disc 3, Disc 1 (2011)
  • Chilean Swallow tachycineta leucopyga Disc 2

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

tachycineta meyeni

Chilean Swallow

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

Martins,Swallows

CLEMENTS

tachycineta meyeni

Chilean Swallow

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

Martins,Swallows

AOU_HM

tachycineta meyeni

Chilean Swallow

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

Martins,Swallows

Images

Historical image associated with Chilean Swallow
4800.jpg
4800 >
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/4800.jpg
Historical image associated with Chilean Swallow
3347.jpg
3347
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/3347.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0304
Account ID
seb_account_0304
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Item reference
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Information status
mixed -- see per-section status labels above