NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Chilean Swallow
Tachycineta leucopyga (Meyen, 1834)
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.
Tachycineta leucopyga photographed in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in July 2009.
Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Chilean swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It breeds in Chile and Patagonia, migrating north as far as Bolivia, Paraguay, and Rio Grande do Sul.
Wikipedia contributors, Chilean swallow; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:43:56.667201+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tachycineta leucopyga (Meyen, 1834)
- Name authority
- (Meyen, 1834)
- Common name
- Chilean 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 leucopyga (Meyen, 1834)
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 |
| White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa (Vieillot, 1817) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Tachycineta meyeni (Cabanis, 1851) (Cabanis, 1851) | synonym |
| Hirundo leucopyga Meyen, 1834 Meyen, 1834 | synonym |
| Petrochelidon meyeni Cabanis, 1851 Cabanis, 1851 | 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=916664 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.
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:7BF75. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.