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mangrove swallow #264031024
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This is a Tachycineta albilinea bird species, Hirundininae subfamily. Common name: mangrove swallow. Native toàMexicoàand all ofàCentral America. There are 9 species in the genus, very similar. The adult hasàiridescentàblue-green upperparts, white underparts, rump, andàundertail-àandàwing-coverts, and blackish tail and flight feathers. The feathers are greener when fresh and bluer when worn. The white underparts sometimes have faint, dark shaft streaks.àTheàbillàis small and black, about 11 millimetres. Observed in Flores town, in the island. Petén, Guatemala.