Tumbes Swallow

Tachycineta stolzmanni (Philippi, 1902)

Tumbes Swallow, Tachycineta stolzmanni, is a swallow in the family Hirundinidae that breeds in south-west Ecuador and north-west Peru. It is a monotypic species, and its formal description was credited to Philippi in 1902. The bird is the smallest member of its genus. Adults show the same plumage in both sexes, with a dark blue-brown to blue-green head, a white stripe near the bill and eye, white cheeks and throat, a white rump, and white underparts marked by fine bran-coloured streaks on the breast. Juveniles are mostly buff brown above.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins

Breeding range

South America: sw Ecuador and nw Peru