Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)

Black-collared Swallow (Atticora melanoleuca) - HBW 9, p. 660

French: Hirondelle des torrents German: Halsbandschwalbe Spanish: Golondrina Acollarada

Taxonomy: Hirundo melanoleuca Wied, 1820, Rio Grande do Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil.
DNA data suggest that this genus and Neochelidon are sister-taxa. Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme E Colombia (E Vichada, E Guainía, E Vaupés), S & E Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro), the Guianas, and locally in Amazonian & S Brazil (mainly upper R Negro area, also Amapá and, S of Amazon, along drainages of rivers Madeira, Tapajós, Xingú and Tocantins, also isolated records from SE Bahia, and from upper R Paraná in S Goiás); also on Brazil-Argentina border (Iguaçu Falls).