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Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor [Vieillot, 1808]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
BTO Codes:
,
EURING No:
9830
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
12 cm
Wingspan:
36 cm
Weight:
M/F: 21 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: takhos =fast +kineto =to move
and L.: bi -double + color =colour
World Distribution:
BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: s US to n South America
Habitat:
Open country, usually near water
Diet:
Small airborne invertebrates, feeds in flight
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Isles of Scilly, 1990
(Hickman, D.J.D. 1995 British Birds 88:381-384)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
2
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Shetland
(2002),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Træsvale
Dutch:
Boomzwaluw
Finnish:
Kelopääsky
French:
Hirondelle bicolore
German:
Sumpfschwalbe
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish:
Italian:
Rondine arboricola
Norwegian:
Tresvale
Polish:
Nadobniczka drzewna
Portuguese:
Spanish:
Golondrina canadiense
Swedish:
Trädsvala
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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