Progne subis Linnaeus, 1758

Castro-Vargas, Fernando, Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson, Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin & Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy, 2020, Birds from northeastern Bogotá Savannah, Cundinamarca, Colombia, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1375-1391 : 1383

Progne subis Linnaeus, 1758

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New records. Three males flying above the wetlands of the ESNR (04°56′52″N, 073°57′47″W) on 15 January 2016. Two male flying above the artificial water bodies in the Jaime Duque Park (04°56′47″N, 073°57′41″W), 14 Jan- uary 2017. One male perching on electrical wires around artificial water bodies in the Jaime Duque Park (04° 56′40″N, 073°57′33″W) on 17 January 2019. We recorded this species in systematic surveys on 15 October 2018.

Identification. Male with lustrous blue body. Female and immature with greyish front, purple-brown back on head and wings, greyish brown throat and chest, grey sides of neck and nape with darker cheek, and white bottoms, striated with brown.

Remarks. We did not record any reproductive events. This species is a boreal migratory bird.

Distribution. Eastern and central USA to southeastern Brazil.