Brown-bellied Swallow

Orochelidon murina (Cassin, 1853)

Brown-bellied Swallow, Orochelidon murina, is a swallow of the Andes in South America, breeding from Venezuela to Bolivia. It occurs in open and partly open country, including grassland, shrubland, elfin forest, Polylepis woodland, farmland and the edges of settlements, and it is often near water. It is a resident bird, though some local and seasonal movement has been noted in Venezuela. Its plumage varies by sex and age, and the nominate male has a dark head and upperparts with a blue-green sheen, a sooty throat, and mostly grey-brown underparts.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins

Breeding range

South America: w Venezuela to c Bolivia