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• Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
      • Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
        • Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
          • Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
            • Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812
              • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                • Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
                  • Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
                    • Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
                      • Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
                        • Superorder: Passerimorphae () - Sibley et al., 1988
                          • Order: Passeriformes () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
                            • Suborder: Passeres () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
                              • Parvorder: Passerida ()
                                • Superfamily: Sylvioidea ()
                                  • Family: Hirundinidae ()
                                    • Subfamily: Hirundininae ()
                                      • Genus: Tachycineta () - Cabanis 1850
                                        • Specific name: cyaneoviridis - (Bryant, H) 1859
                                          • Form: ;
                                          Name Status: Accepted Name .
                                          
                                          Last scrutiny: 17-Jul-2007

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                                          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)

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                                          Further Reading

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                                          • 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

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                                          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: 1
                                          • 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]