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).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Young bird and two adults on a rock by the river. Vocalizing. Locality Cerros de Mavecure, Guainía Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 12 weeks ago 19 sec 3.8 -
Three birds on rocks, two of them copulating repeatedly Locality Pousada Rio Roosevelt, Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 July 2007 5 years ago 40 sec 3.4 -
Several birds flying over the Rio Negro, close to the water. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.3
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two birds on a rock by the river
Locality Cerros de Mavecure, Guainía Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 12 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird in flight
Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil
Arthur Grosset 4 August 2004 3 years ago 2.5
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