Tumbes swallow
Tachycineta stolzmanni (Philippi, 1902)
The tumbes swallow (Tachycineta stolzmanni) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.3 g to 16.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the tumbes swallow
- Weight
- 11.3 g – 16.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3 – 3.95src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the tumbes swallow live?
Not recorded
What is the tumbes swallow?
The Tumbes swallow (Tachycineta stolzmanni) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Is the tumbes swallow endangered?
The tumbes swallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the tumbes swallow classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyHirundinidae
- genusTachycineta
- SpeciesTachycineta stolzmanni (Philippi, 1902)
Synonyms Hirundo leucopygia, Hirundo stolzmanni, Tachycineta albilinea stolzmanni
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- سنونو تومبيسArabic
- oreneta de StolzmanCatalan
- vlaštovka tumbskáCzech
- Peru MangrovesvaleDanish
- TumbesschwalbeGerman
- StolzmannschwalbeGerman
- tumbesia hirundoEsperanto
- Golondrina de TumbesSpanish
- tumbese pääsukeEstonian
- پرستوی زولتسمانPersian
- perunmangrovepääskyFinnish
- Hirondelle de StolzmannFrench
- tumbeski piljakCroatian
- Tumbesi fecskeHungarian
- Rondine del TumbesItalian
- ペルーミドリツバメJapanese
- Štolcmano amerikinė kregždėLithuanian
- Stolzmanns ZwaluwDutch
- tumbessvaleNorwegian
- nadobniczka białorzytnaPolish
- andorinha-de-tumbesPortuguese
- Тумбесская ласточкаRussian
- Тумбесская американская ласточкаRussian
- lastovička pobrežnáSlovak
- tumbessvalaSwedish
- Tumbes KırlangıcıTurkish
- білозорка еквадорськаUkrainian
- 秘魯樹燕Chinese
- 秘魯紅樹燕Chinese
- 秘鲁树燕Chinese
Relatives of the tumbes 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
CompareTumbes swallow vs Tree swallowTumbes swallow vs Mangrove swallowTumbes swallow vs White-winged swallowTumbes swallow vs Bahama swallow
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the tumbes swallow?
An adult tumbes swallow weighs 11.3 g – 16.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the tumbes swallow endangered?
The tumbes swallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the tumbes swallow?
The tumbes swallow (Tachycineta stolzmanni) 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 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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