Order: Passeriformes | Family: Hirundinidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adults | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Digitally Adapted
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Digitally Adapted
Status: The Pale-footed Swallow is uncommon to fairly common on humid forests on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2000-3500 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Golondrina de Pata Pálida.
Sub-species: Pale-footed Swallow (Orochelidon flavipes), (Chapman), 1922.
Meaning of Name: Orochelidon: Gr. oros, oreos= mountain (i.e. Ecuadorean Andes) and khelidon, khelidonos= swallow. flavipes: L. flavus= yellow, golden-yellow and pes, pedis= foot.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.