Adult male © Joshua Covill eBird S70027380 Macaulay Library ML 240900421
Adult female © Garrett Hughes
Adult male © Alex Lamoreaux
Adult male © Frank Lin
Immature © Brian Sullivan
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Adult male © Brad Vissia
Juvenile © Becky Matsubara
Adult male © Darren Clark
Adult female © Joshua Vandermeulen
Adult female © Laure Wilson Neish
Adult female © Kenneth Stinchcomb

Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina

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Identification

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A relatively small swallow of western North America. Adult males have a white face and show turquoise-green upperparts and a purple rump in good light. Females and immatures are duller on the upperparts, sometimes just dusky-gray. In flight, note the prominent white "saddlebags" extending up from the underparts to the sides of the rump. Fairly common in a variety of open habitats, often foraging over meadows or ponds. Can be seen in large flocks, sometimes mixed with other species of swallow. Breeds as far north as Alaska; winters primarily in Mexico and northern Central America.

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