Sighted in Caripe, Venezuela which is slightly outside of the range map in 'Birds of Venezuela', but the ID seems certain.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/11
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/200 sec
Date/Time
Sat 02 Aug 2008 08:38:46 PM EDT
English Blue-and-white Swallow Scientific (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca cyanoleuca) Order PASSERIFORMES Family (Latin) Hirundinidae Family (English) Swallows, Martins Other name(s) Breeding Regions MA, SA Breeding Range Costa Rica, Panama, widespread in SA Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - mainland,Guyana,Honduras,Panama, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range cyanoleuca Costa Rica through n, c South America peruviana w Peru patagonica s South America
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Vieillot, 1817) German Schwarzsteißschwalbe French Hirondelle bleu et blanc Chinese 蓝白南美燕 Japanese アイイロツバメ Russian Патагонская ласточка Spanish Golondrina barranquera Portuguese andorinha-azul-e-branca Bird Data App text
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
