Looking out over the Machu Picchu ruins. This bird and the Rufous-collared Sparrow are abundant there.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/8
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
-0.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO
250
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/390 sec
Date/Time
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:52:12 +0000
English Blue-and-white Swallow Scientific (Pygochelidon 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)
