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WHITE-RUMPED SWALLOW Tachycineta leucorrhoa
One of the commonest small swallows in winter, the White-rumped is a small blue-green swallow with a white rump. It is extremely similar to the Chilean Swallow with only a few subtle differences. Note the white forehead of this species, forming a supercilium of varying length in some individual. Chilean Swallow never shows white on the head!
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FIGURE 1 - Adult dorsal view, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Cordillera (Frank Fragano 2006).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual lateral view (Frank Fragano 2006).
FIGURE 3 - Adult ventral view, Campo Llano, Departamento Misiones (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 4 - Adult ventral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2006).
FIGURE 5 - Adult, Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Arne Lesterhuis October 2004)
FIGURE 6 - Same individual dorsal view (Arne Lesterhuis October 2004).
FIGURE 7 - Adult, Laguna Bombacha, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Jerry Cooper Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 8 - Adult ventral view, location unknown (José Luis Cartes date unknown).
VIDEO - Pair,  Laguna Bombacha, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
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Tachycineta leucorrhoa song recorded Laguna Bombacha, Departamento Presidente Hayes  (Paul Smith October 2007).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.