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White-winged swallow

Tachycineta albiventer (Boddaert, 1783)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 15.5 g to 17.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
Photo: http://www.birdphotos.com · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-winged swallow

Weight
15.5 g – 17.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
riverinesrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.2 – 4.35src 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 white-winged swallow live?

Not recorded

What is the white-winged swallow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) is a resident breeding swallow in tropical South America found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina. It is not found west of the Andes. This swallow is largely non-migratory.

From the Wikipedia article “White-winged swallow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-winged_swallow&oldid=1380711980), 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.

What does the white-winged swallow sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the white-winged swallow endangered?

The white-winged swallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 white-winged swallow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusTachycineta
  7. SpeciesTachycineta albiventer (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Hirundo albiventer, Iridoprocne albiventris

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • سنونو ذو الأجنحة البيضاءArabic
  • Белокрила лястовицаBulgarian
  • oreneta alablancaCatalan
  • vlaštovka bělobřicháCzech
  • gwennol adeinwenWelsh
  • Hvidbræmmet SvaleDanish
  • Peru MangrovesvaleDanish
  • CayenneschwalbeGerman
  • Cayenne-SchwalbeGerman
  • blankflugila hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina aliblancaSpanish
  • Golondrina ala blancaSpanish
  • Golondrina de alas blancasSpanish
  • kiritiib-pääsukeEstonian
  • پرستوی بالسفیدPersian
  • valkosiipipääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle à ailes blanchesFrench
  • bjelokrili piljakCroatian
  • Rondine alibiancheItalian
  • ハジロミドリツバメJapanese
  • baltasparnė amerikinė kregždėLithuanian
  • WitbuikzwaluwDutch
  • hvitbremsvaleNorwegian
  • Souchi Barika BlankuPapiamento
  • Swalchi Barica BlancoPapiamento
  • nadobniczka zielono-białaPolish
  • andorinha-do-rioPortuguese
  • andorinha-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
  • Белокрылая ласточкаRussian
  • Белокрылая американская ласточкаRussian
  • lastovička bielobrucháSlovak
  • Belokrila lastaSerbian
  • vitvingad svalaSwedish
  • Ak Kanatlı KırlangıçTurkish
  • білозорка білокрилаUkrainian
  • 白翅树燕Chinese
  • 白腹樹燕Chinese
  • 白腹樹燕〔白翅樹燕〕Chinese

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Relatives of the white-winged swallow

Other species in the same genus Tachycineta.

LC, Least Concern
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Tree swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Hirundinidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-winged swallow?

An adult white-winged swallow weighs 15.5 g – 17.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-winged swallow endangered?

The white-winged 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 white-winged swallow?

The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) 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.

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BibTeX
@misc{white_winged_swallow_2026,
  title = {White-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-winged-swallow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}