Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor [Vieillot, 1808] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Hirundinidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 9830 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
12 cm
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Wingspan: 36 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 21 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: takhos=fast +kineto=to move and L.: bi-double + color=colour |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: s US to n South America |
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Habitat:
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Open country, usually near water |
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Diet:
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Small airborne invertebrates, feeds in flight |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Isles of Scilly, 1990
(Hickman, D.J.D. 1995 British Birds 88:381-384)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
2
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Shetland
(2002),
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South-west England:
Isles of Scilly
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Træsvale | Dutch: Boomzwaluw |
| Finnish: Kelopääsky | French: Hirondelle bicolore |
| German: Sumpfschwalbe | Hungarian: |
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| Italian: Rondine arboricola | Norwegian: Tresvale |
| Polish: Nadobniczka drzewna | Portuguese: |
| Spanish: Golondrina canadiense | Swedish: Trädsvala |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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