The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 307 · seb_species_0307

Tawny-headed Swallow

stelgidopteryx fucata

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

12 cm. A small drab colored swallow of open country. Cinnamon superciliary and nuchal area. Buff on the throat and chest. Black cap. Grayish brown above, with darker wings and tail. Belly white. Rump brownish-white. Call difficult to distinguish from call of other species of this genus vocalization 1 . Seems to be rather silent. Flies low in pairs or small groups, in the non-breeding season sometimes in larger groups and associated with other swallow species. Breeder in Southeast Brazil. Nests in holes of banks ^88 . September-November. Uncommon, forages over open country. sometimes over forest. Interior of Estado S<C4>o Paulo, rare at the coast. There is one record for Estado Rio de Janeiro from<8E>Resende near<8E>Itatiaia, May 23, 1953 ^53 . Below 1600 meters 4507 Serra da Canastra, October 30, 2002. Recorded by Jeremy Minns. With /Rhynchotus rufescens .: 8427 >: 6101 :

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

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

12 cm. A small drab colored swallow of open country. Cinnamon superciliary and nuchal area. Buff on the throat and chest. Black cap. Grayish brown above, with darker wings and tail. Belly white. Rump brownish-white.

Voice

Call difficult to distinguish from call of other species of this genus vocalization 1 . Seems to be rather silent.

Behavior

Flies low in pairs or small groups, in the non-breeding season sometimes in larger groups and associated with other swallow species.

Breeding

Breeder in Southeast Brazil. Nests in holes of banks ^88 . September-November.

Habitat and status

Uncommon, forages over open country. sometimes over forest.

Distribution

Interior of Estado S<C4>o Paulo, rare at the coast. There is one record for Estado Rio de Janeiro from<8E>Resende near<8E>Itatiaia, May 23, 1953 ^53 . Below 1600 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;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

stelgidopteryx fucata

Tawny-headed Swallow

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

Martins,Swallows

CLEMENTS

stelgidopteryx fucata

Tawny-headed Swallow

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

Martins,Swallows

AOU_HM

alopochelidon fucata

Tawny-headed Swallow

Hirundinidae,Hirundininae

Martins,Swallows

Recordings

4507.mp3

4507 Serra da Canastra, October 30, 2002. Recorded by Jeremy Minns. With /Rhynchotus rufescens .

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/4507.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Tawny-headed Swallow
8427.jpg
8427 >
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/8427.jpg
Historical image associated with Tawny-headed Swallow
6101.jpg
6101
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 3.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/6101.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0307
Account ID
seb_account_0307
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Item reference
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