Progne tapera (Linnaeus, 1766)

Fernandez, Juan Manuel, Thomann, Luz, Fandiño, Blas, Cajade, Rodrigo & Hernando, Alejandra, 2021, An annotated checklist of birds of Paraje Tres Cerros, Corrientes province, Argentina, Check List 17 (2), pp. 415-443 : 435

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.415

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9278B873-FFEA-FFAF-DE11-258FFBD714F6

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Marcus

scientific name

Progne tapera (Linnaeus, 1766)
status

 

Progne tapera (Linnaeus, 1766) View in CoL

Observations. ARGENTINA • Multiple ♂ and ♀; Cor- rientes, La Cruz, Paraje Tres Cerros; 29°08′48′′S, 056° 51′48′′W. Summer visitant. Recorded in large flocks. Of- ten perching on electricity wires. Recorded every year in spring and summer, between September and March. GoogleMaps

Identification. Similar to P. chalybea (Gmelin, 1789) , but with a contrasting blackish throat and breast, and lighter brown underparts.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Hirundinidae

Genus

Progne

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