Tachycineta

Taxobox
name = "Tachycineta"

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image width = 250px
caption = Tree Swallow
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Hirundinidae
genus = "Tachycineta"
genus_authority = Cabanis, 1850
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "T. bicolor"
"T. thalassina"
"T. euchrysea"
"T. cyaneoviridis"
"T. stolzmanni"
"T. albilinea"
"T. albiventer"
"T. leucorrhoa"
"T. meyeni"

"Tachycineta" (Greek: "tachýs" 'swift', "kīnéō" 'move') is a genus of birds in the swallow family. Its members are restricted to the Americas.

These are slender swallows with forked tails. Most species have a metallic green back, green or blue head, and metallic blue or unglossed brown wings. All have pure white underparts, and four species have a white rump. "Tachycineta" swallows are mostly at least partially migratory, with only Golden and Mangrove Swallow being essentially resident. All the species use natural or disused cavities for nest sites.

pecies in taxonomic order

*Tree Swallow "Tachycineta bicolor"
*Violet-green Swallow "Tachycineta thalassina"
*Golden Swallow "Tachycineta euchrysea"
*Bahama Swallow "Tachycineta cyaneoviridis"
*Tumbes Swallow "Tachycineta stolzmanni"
*Mangrove Swallow "Tachycineta albilinea"
*White-winged Swallow "Tachycineta albiventer"
*White-rumped Swallow "Tachycineta leucorrhoa"
*Chilean Swallow "Tachycineta meyeni"

References

*cite book |title=Swallows & martins : an identification guide and handbook |last=Turner |first=Angela K |coauthors=Chris Rose |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=1989 |id=ISBN 0-395-51174-7