White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-thighed Swallow (Atticora tibialis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Reuber Brandão, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the White-thighed Swallow sounds like

Sonogram of the White-thighed Swallow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: Canandé, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Pastaza: chacra 7 km N Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The white-thighed swallow averages about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 8.5 to 14 g (0.30 to 0.49 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. t. tibialis have a brownish black head with a slight green sheen, black lores, and gray-brown cheeks and throat. Their back is brownish black with a slight green sheen and their rump gray-brown. Their tail is slightly forked and brownish black. Their wings are mostly brownish black with slightly lighter tips on the greater coverts and tertials. Voice: The white-thighed swallow's calls include "a thin, high-pitched tsee-tit and a chit-it, chee-dee-dit?. While foraging they make a "constant, soft zeet-zeet call.

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When to see the White-thighed Swallow

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

Where to see the White-thighed Swallow

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 9 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.

Ecuador Colombia Brazil Panama Peru Venezuela Bolivia French Guiana Guyana

Recorded as a rare visitor in Suriname.

About the White-thighed Swallow

The white-thighed swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Black-capped SwallowAtticora pileataThe 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).

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).

Side by side: White-banded Swallow vs White-thighed Swallow · White-backed Swallow vs White-thighed Swallow · Black-capped Swallow vs White-thighed Swallow

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