Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Dutch | Witbandzwaluw |
English | White-banded Swallow |
English (United States) | White-banded Swallow |
French | Hirondelle à ceinture blanche |
French (France) | Hirondelle à ceinture blanche |
German | Weißbandschwalbe |
Japanese | シロオビツバメ |
Norwegian | hvitbeltesvale |
Polish | jaskółeczka białopręga |
Portuguese (Brazil) | peitoril |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinha-peitoril |
Russian | Белопоясковая ласточка |
Serbian | Belogruda lasta |
Slovak | lastovička bielopása |
Spanish | Golondrina Fajiblanca |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Golondrina Fajiblanca |
Spanish (Peru) | Golondrina de Faja Blanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Golondrina fajiblanca |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Golondrina Cintura Blanca |
Swedish | vitbandad svala |
Turkish | Ak Kuşaklı Kırlangıç |
Ukrainian | Ластівка білосмуга |
SPECIES
White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata
Natalia Piland
Version: 1.0 — Published April 5, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published April 5, 2010
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
White-banded swallows are aerial insectivores. The diet has not been studied in detail. Haverschmidt (1968) reported the following insects as stomach contents of White-banded Swallow: bees (Apidae, Hymenoptera), chalcid wasps (Chalcididae, Hymenoptera), ants (Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera), elaterid beetles (Elateridae, Coleoptera), typical bugs (Heteroptera), and brachyceran flies (Brachycera, Diptera).