White-winged Swallow

Tachycineta albiventer

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyHirundinidae (Swallows and Martins)
GenusTachycineta (Tachycineta Swallows)
SpeciesTachycineta albiventer (White-winged Swallow)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

1 Verified sightings at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026

12,662 Verified sightings across all 28 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the White-winged Swallow

The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) is a resident breeding swallow in tropical South America found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina. It is not found west of the Andes. This swallow is largely non-migratory.

The white-winged swallow was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Hirundo albiventer in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The white-winged swallow is now one of nine species placed in the genus Tachycineta that was introduced in 1850 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The species is monotypic and no subspecies are currently recognized. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek takhukinētos meaning "moving... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Notiochelidon cyanoleuca

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Neochelidon tibialis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Progne chalybea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Hirundo rustica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Notiochelidon murina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Progne tapera

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tangara arthus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Ramphocelus flammigerus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Turdus ignobilis

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~60%
2	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
3	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~50%
4	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
5	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~30%
6	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~30%
7	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
8	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
9	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
10	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
11	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
12	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
13	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
14	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
15	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	<5%
16	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
17	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
18	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
19	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
20	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
21	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
22	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
23	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	Insufficient data
24	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
25	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
26	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
27	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
28	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data

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White-winged Swallow

About the White-winged Swallow

Recent sightings of White-winged Swallow in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

Closest Relatives at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Blue-and-white Swallow

White-thighed Swallow

Gray-breasted Martin

Barn Swallow

Brown-bellied Swallow

Brown-chested Martin

Golden Tanager

Flame-rumped Tanager

Black-billed Thrush

Green Honeycreeper

Blue-gray Tanager

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found