Distribution

Amazonian South America: from southern Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas to northern Bolivia and eastern Ecuador and Perú to the western edge of the Brazilian Pará region. This species has not been shown to migrate.

White-banded Swallows typically do not occur above 800 m (Parker et al. 1996), but in Colombia range up to 1400 m (Hilty and Brown 1986).

Endemic to the Americas.

White-banded Swallows is closely associated with rivers and lakes in tropical lowland evergreen forest. It is found along both clear or "whitewater" (silt-laden) and blackwater rivers (Hilty and Brown 1986, Hilty 2003). In Colombia and Venezuela, it is more common along blackwater rivers, where it prefers rocky outcrops and falls along larger rivers (Hilty and Brown 1986, Hilty 2003).  They are restricted to their habitat since they have not been known to use artificial nests.

None reported.

No information.