White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Hirundinidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Napo, Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Napo, Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Napo, Ecuador

Identification & Behavior: ~11.5 cm (4.5 in). The White-thighed Swallow has bluish gray upperparts with a gray rump. The underparts are uniformly sooty gray. It has white tufts on the thighs, which can be difficult to see on a fast flying swallow. It forages close to the canopy over humid forests in Amazonia and the foothill of the Andes. The larger Brown-bellied Swallow ranges at higher elevations in the Andes and is not known to overlap with the White-thighed Swallow. Also, see White-banded Swallow.

Status: The White-thighed is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1250 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Golondrina de Muslo Blanco.

Sub-species: White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis griseiventris), (Chapman), 1924.

Meaning of Name: Atticora: Gr. Atthi kora= epithet of the swallow and kora= maiden. tibialis: L. tibialis= pertaining to the tibia, shin-bone.

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Distribution Map
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References:

    • 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.