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Bahama Swallow
Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
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About the Bahama Swallow
The Bahama swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis) is an endangered swallow endemic to The Bahamas.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
- Family
- Swallows
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the swallows family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca
- Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
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