Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca) | Photos and ID

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Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 3 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 9 — Photo: (c) scaup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-collared Swallow (Pygochelidon melanoleuca), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Vincent A. Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The black-collared swallow is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly glossy blue-black head and neck with a white throat. Their upperparts are glossy blue-black. Their tail is deeply forked and blackish. Their wings are blackish. Their underparts are mostly white with a blue-black band across the breast. Juveniles have duller and browner heads and upperparts than adults, dirty white underparts, and a shorter tail. Voice: The black-collared swallow's vocalization has been described as an "unstructured series of zr notes", "a buzzy jtt", and a "buzzy jit".

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When to see the Black-collared Swallow

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-collared Swallow

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Guyana Venezuela Suriname French Guiana Argentina Bolivia Paraguay

About the Black-collared Swallow

The black-collared swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Paraguay.

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Easily confused with

Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleucaThe adult blue-and-white swallow averages 11–12 cm (4.3–4.7 in) long and weighs about 10 g (0.35 oz).

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