Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis) - HBW 16, p. 242
French: Tersine hirondelle
German: Schwalbentangare
Spanish: Tangara Golondrina
Taxonomy: Hirundo viridis Illiger, 1811, Sandwich Island; error = eastern Brazil.
This species has in the past been placed in its own family, Tersinidae, and in a subfamily Tersininae of present family. Molecular-genetic data indicate that it is embedded within present family, and forms a monophyletic group with Dacnis and Cyanerpes; all three genera have sexually dimorphic plumage, but present genus differs in broad flat bill, skeletal elements of palate and tongue, long wing, hole-nesting behaviour, and migratory habits. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grisescens Griscom, 1929 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
- occidentalis (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - E Panama (Darién), Colombia (except Santa Marta Mts), N Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, W & E Ecuador, N & E Peru, N & W Brazil, NW & E Bolivia (except extreme SE) and NW Argentina.
- viridis (Illiger, 1811) - E & S Brazil (from Pernambuco, Bahia, Goiás and S Mato Grosso S to Rio Grande do Sul), NE Bolivia, Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a male close to the nest near Rancho Grande biological station Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 17 May 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
A male high in a tree and flying away Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp occidentalis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 July 2007 4 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A male perching low in the forest of Iguazu. Locality Misiones Province, Argentina
German Pugnali 17 October 2006 3 years ago 17 sec 4.1 -
A male perched in a tree Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp occidentalis)
Keith Blomerley 28 February 2006 5 years ago 10 sec 3.1 -
A male showing green shining instead of blue, due to the low angle of the light Locality Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp viridis)
Frank Witebsky 31 May 2007 4 years ago 24 sec 3.1 -
A front view of a male perched. Locality El Paují, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp occidentalis)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 March 2008 3 years ago 32 sec 3
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Male perched on a twig
Locality Tarapoto Tunnel, San Martín Department, Peru
Dubi shapiro 18 February 2010 7 weeks ago 4 -
Male with a twig for the nest.
Locality Carmo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Carlos Marín 11 September 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A sub-adult male perched on a wire.
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp occidentalis)
philgunson 24 May 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
A sub-adult male entering a nest-hole already occupied by Blue-and-white swallows (Notiochelidon cyanoleuca).
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp occidentalis)
philgunson 24 May 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
A bird on a tree trying to catch an insect
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 27 June 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Swallow-Tanager, lateral view of an adult male.
Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Mark Andrews 5 September 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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calls of a pair while perched Locality Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, La Delicia, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp occidentalis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 10 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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