A Swallow Tanager, perhaps the north Colombian subspecies, doing an imitation of a swallow.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Aperture Value
f/5.6
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
1.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
800
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/400 sec
Date/Time
Fri 06 Feb 2015 03:39:30 PM EST
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Defined: DKZ00033
English Swallow Tanager
Scientific (Tersina viridis grisescens)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Thraupidae
Family (English) Tanagers & Allies
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions Panama to ne Argentina
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,French Guiana,Guyana,Panama,Paraguay,Peru, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
grisescens n Colombia
occidentalis e Panama and Colombia (except n) e to the Guianas and n Brazil and s to Bolivia (except se) and nw Argentina
viridis e, s Brazil, se Bolivia, Paraguay and ne Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Illiger, 1811)
German Schwalbentangare
French Tersine hirondelle
Chinese 燕嘴唐纳雀
Japanese ツバメフウキンチョウ
Russian Ласточковая танагра
Spanish Tangara golondrina
Portuguese saí-andorinha
Bird Data App text
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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, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
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)