NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
White-rumped Swallow
Tachycineta leucorrhoa (Vieillot, 1817)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The white-rumped swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. First described and given its binomial name by French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817, it was for many years considered a subspecies of the Chilean swallow. The species is monotypic with no known population variations. It has a white supraloral streak, or streak above its lores (the region between a bird's eye and nostrils), which can be used to differentiate it from the Chilean swallow. The lores, ear coverts, tail, and wings are black, with white tips on the inner secondaries, tertials, and greater coverts of the wings. The rest of the upperparts are a glossy blue. Its underparts and underwing-coverts are white, in addition to the rump, as the name suggests. The sexes are similar, and the juvenile is duller and browner with a dusky breast. This species usually builds its nest in holes in trees or dead snags or under or in artificial structures like fence posts and the eaves of buildings.
Wikipedia contributors, White-rumped swallow; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:45:37.658648+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tachycineta leucorrhoa (Vieillot, 1817)
- Name authority
- (Vieillot, 1817)
- Common name
- White-rumped Swallow
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Tachycineta
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyHirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusTachycineta Cabanis, 1851
- speciesTachycineta leucorrhoa (Vieillot, 1817)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tachycineta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea (Lawrence, 1863) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor (Vieillot, 1808) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bahama SwallowTachycineta cyaneoviridis (H. Bryant, 1859) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden SwallowTachycineta euchrysea (Gosse, 1847) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tumbes SwallowTachycineta stolzmanni (Philippi, 1902) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga (Meyen, 1834) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina (Swainson, 1827) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hirundo leucorrhoa Vieillot, 1817 Vieillot, 1817 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=563264 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:54CBF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.