Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)

Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) - HBW 9, p. 651

French: Hirondelle des mangroves German: Mangroveschwalbe Spanish: Golondrina de Manglar

Taxonomy: Petrochelidon albilinea Lawrence, 1863, New Granada = line of Panama Railroad, Panama.
This species (and, by extension, T. stolzmanni), along with T. bicolor, T. albiventer, T. leucorrhoa and T. meyeni, sometimes placed in separate genus Iridoprocne, but DNA studies indicate close relationship of these taxa with clade consisting of T. thalassina, T. euchrysea and T. cyaneoviridis, and support placement of all in a single genus. Forms a superspecies with T. stolzmanni and T. albiventer. Birds from NW Mexico (Sonora) sometimes separated as race rhizophorae, but variation not constant. Monotypic.

Distribution: W & E Mexico (S from C Sonora, SE San Luis Potosí and S Tamaulipas) S to Panama (E to E Colón and E Darién).