Violet-green Swallow

Tachycineta thalassina ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: HIRUNDINIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A beautiful swallow of open woodlands, the Violet-green Swallow is found only in the American West.

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Appearance

Swallows

Juvenile sooty gray on back, underparts washed with gray, face dusky. Yearling female greenish on back with brownish on crown and rump.

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Tree Swallow similar, but with bluish green back, white on face not reaching above eye, and white flanks not reaching up onto rump.
Bank Swallow with distinct brown band across chest.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow always with brown throat.