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The black-capped swallow is about 11.5 to 13.5 cm (4.5 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 12 g (0.42 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a glossy black head with brown-speckled white cheeks and throat. Their back is sepia brown, their rump a darker brown, and their uppertail coverts dark sooty brown. Their tail longish, forked, and dull sooty black. Their wing's lesser coverts are black to brownish black, their secondary and inner greater coverts are dark grayish brown, and their flight feathers brownish black. Voice: The black-capped swallow's calls "include a buzzy electric pzzzzzeeet! and a more liquid pweeet-pweeet".
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When to see the Black-capped Swallow
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-capped Swallow
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-capped Swallow
The black-capped swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico.
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Easily confused with
White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisThe white-thighed swallow averages about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 8.5 to 14 g (0.30 to 0.49 oz).
White-banded SwallowAtticora fasciataThe white-banded swallow is a medium-sized swallow, measuring, on average, 15 cm (5.9 in) and weighing 12–16 g (0.42–0.56 oz).
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