Tachycineta cyaneoviridis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -388 meters (-1,273 feet).[1]

Ecology: It nests in natural cavities and old woodpecker holes in pine Pinus caribaea woodlands5. It also occurs locally in towns and around human habitation, where it nests in artificial cavities and other human structures1. It tends to feed in open areas such as clearings in woodland, marshes, fields and along coastlines6. Breeding takes place in April-July1,6. Movements are poorly known, but some birds undertake small-scale migrations during winter.

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List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Biology

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Tachycineta cyaneoviridis (Bryant, 1859)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Jul-2007

Similar Species

Tree Swallow

Members of the genus Tachycineta

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. albilinea (Mangrove Swallow) · T. albilinea albilinea (Mangrove Swallow) · T. albiventer (White-Winged Swallow) · T. bicolor (White-Breasted Swallow) · T. cyaneoviridis (Bahaman Swallow) · T. euchrysea (Golden Swallow) · T. euchrysea euchrysea (Golden Swallow) · T. leucopyga (Chilean Swallow) · T. leucorrhoa (White Rumped Swallow) · T. meyeni (Chilean Swallow) · T. stolzmanni (Tumbes Swallow?????) · T. thalassina (Violet Green Swallow) · T. thalassina brachyptera (Violet-Green Swallow) · T. thalassina lepida (Violet-Green Swallow) · T. thalassina thalassina (Violet-Green Swallow)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A monograph of the Hirundinidae: or family of swallows / London: Printed for the authors, 1885-1894 url , p. 28, p. 65, p. 7.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 100.
• Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. 13 1935 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1935. url p. 80.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 121, p. 631.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 494, p. 806.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 287.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 24.
• The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 59.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Nature Conservancy Council url p. 185.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2006. Tachycineta cyaneoviridis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2009. Tachycineta cyaneoviridis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5335
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178432
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809556
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178432
• IUCN ID: 245006
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPAU03050
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10210

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 1,081.940 based on 14 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2009. Tachycineta cyaneoviridis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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