OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Tachycineta ("moving quickly") thalassina ("sea green")
Three Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina) at San Jose, California - August 2022
Featured Subspecies: Probably Tachycineta thalassina thalassina
Weight: 13-14g / Length: 13cm / Wingspan: 27cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
A vividly coloured hirundine species compared to most, the Violet-green Swallow is a species that breeds in open woodlands, although in some locations it has adapted to urban living. Of the swallows in the Bay, it was the only one still present in numbers other than Barn Swallow at the time of my visit with most others having already migrated.
Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Tachycineta
SUBSPECIES: T. t. thalassina, T. t. brachyptera, T. t. lepida
- Sighting Locations -
Breeds in Western United States, including Alaska
- CALIFORNIA 2022 TRIP: Seen at San Jose
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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