Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis) | Photos and ID

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Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 1 — Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 2 — Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 3 — Photo: Ben Machado · CC BY 4.0

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 4 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 5 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 6 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Ben Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

This glossy Tachycineta swallow has a green head and back, blue upper wings, a black tail and wingtips, and a white belly and chin.

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When to see the Bahama Swallow

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bahama Swallow

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Bahamas Cuba

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.

About the Bahama Swallow

The Bahama swallow is an endangered swallow endemic to The Bahamas.

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Easily confused with

Golden SwallowTachycineta euchryseaA small swallow, the golden swallow measures, on average, 12 cm (4.7 in).

Tumbes SwallowTachycineta stolzmanniThe Tumbes swallow is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz).

White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoaThe white-rumped swallow measures 13 centimetres (5.1 in) in length and weighs 17–21 grams (0.60–0.74 oz).

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