Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) - HBW 9, p. 650
French: Hirondelle dorée
German: Antillenschwalbe
Spanish: Golondrina Dorada
Taxonomy: Hirundo euchrysea Gosse, 1847, Jamaica.
Has sometimes been placed in a separate genus Lamprochelidon or Kalochelidon. DNA studies, however, indicate close relationship with T. thalassina and T. cyaneoviridis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- euchrysea (Gosse, 1847) - Jamaica.
- sclateri (Cory, 1884) - Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic).
- Vulnerable
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