Progne tapera Linnaeus, 1766

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 tapera Linnaeus, 1766

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New records. Four individuals flying above the wetlands of the ESNR (04°56′52″N, 073°57′47″W) on 05 January 2018. One individual perching on electrical wires and five individuals flying above the wetlands in the ESNR (04°56′45″N, 073°57′24″W). We recorded this species systematically for the first time on 17 January 2018, and since then we have observed it between September and December and April and May.

Identification. Large broad-winged swallow; greybrown back with blackish front and helms, white ventral region with grey-brown broadband and a longitudinal line of fusca spots; white and long infracaudal covers contrast with the dark grey tail; immature grayer and without a marked longitudinal line.

Remarks. We did not record any reproductive events. This species is an austral migratory bird.

Distribution. Panama to Argentina.