Chilean swallow
Tachycineta leucopyga (Meyen, 1834)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The chilean swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14.9 g to 15 g.
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Quick facts about the chilean swallow
- Weight
- 15 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the chilean swallow live?
Not recorded
What is the chilean swallow?
The Chilean swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It breeds in Chile and Patagonia, migrating north as far as Bolivia, Paraguay, and Rio Grande do Sul.
From the Wikipedia article “Chilean swallow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chilean_swallow&oldid=1380658661), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the chilean swallow endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the chilean swallow classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyHirundinidae
- genusTachycineta
- SpeciesTachycineta leucopyga (Meyen, 1834)
Synonyms Hirundo leucopyga, Iridoprocne meyeni, Petrochelidon meyeni, Tachycineta leucopyga leucopyga, Tachycineta leucopyga leucopyga, Tachycineta leucopyga meyeni, Tachycineta leucopygia, Tachycineta meyeni, Tachycineta meyeni leucopyga
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- سنونو تشيليArabic
- oreneta de XileCatalan
- vlaštovka chilskáCzech
- gwennol dinwen y DeWelsh
- ChilesvaleDanish
- Chilensk SvaleDanish
- ChileschwalbeGerman
- FeuerlandschwalbeGerman
- ĉilia hirundoEsperanto
- Golondrina chilenaSpanish
- Golondrina patagónicaSpanish
- patagoonia pääsukeEstonian
- پرستوی شیلیPersian
- chilenpääskyFinnish
- Hirondelle du ChiliFrench
- plavoleđi piljakCroatian
- Chilei fecskeHungarian
- Rondine del CileItalian
- チリルリツバメJapanese
- チリールリツバメJapanese
- čilinė amerikinė kregždėLithuanian
- Chileense ZwaluwDutch
- patagoniasvaleNorwegian
- Souchi ChilenoPapiamento
- Swalchi ChilenoPapiamento
- nadobniczka biało-niebieskaPolish
- andorinha-chilenaPortuguese
- Чилийская ласточкаRussian
- Чилийская американская ласточкаRussian
- lastovička patagónskaSlovak
- Čileanska lastaSerbian
- chilesvalaSwedish
- Şili KırlangıcıTurkish
- білозорка чилійськаUkrainian
- 白臀树燕Chinese
- 白臀樹燕Chinese
- 白臀樹燕〔智利樹燕〕Chinese
Relatives of the chilean swallow
Other species in the same genus Tachycineta.
Tree swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Mangrove swallow
Tachycineta albilinea
White-winged swallow
Tachycineta albiventer
Bahama swallow
Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
Golden swallow
Tachycineta euchrysea
White-rumped swallow
Tachycineta leucorrhoa
CompareChilean swallow vs Tree swallowChilean swallow vs Mangrove swallowChilean swallow vs White-winged swallowChilean swallow vs Bahama swallow
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chilean swallow?
An adult chilean swallow weighs 15 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the chilean swallow?
The chilean swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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