Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | oreneta alablanca |
Dutch | Witbuikzwaluw |
English | White-winged Swallow |
English (United States) | White-winged Swallow |
French | Hirondelle à ailes blanches |
French (France) | Hirondelle à ailes blanches |
German | Cayenneschwalbe |
Japanese | ハジロミドリツバメ |
Norwegian | hvitbremsvale |
Polish | nadobniczka zielono-biała |
Portuguese (Brazil) | andorinha-do-rio |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinha-dos-rios |
Russian | Белокрылая ласточка |
Serbian | Belokrila lasta |
Slovak | lastovička bielobruchá |
Spanish | Golondrina Aliblanca |
Spanish (Argentina) | Golondrina Ala Blanca |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Golondrina Aliblanca |
Spanish (Panama) | Golondrina Aliblanca |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Golondrina ala blanca |
Spanish (Peru) | Golondrina de Ala Blanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Golondrina aliblanca |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Golondrina de Agua |
Swedish | vitvingad svala |
Turkish | Ak Kanatlı Kırlangıç |
Ukrainian | Білозорка білокрила |
White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
Version: 1.0 — Published April 15, 2010
Systematics
Geographic Variation
Monotypic; no geographic variation has been described.
Subspecies
Related Species
The White-winged Swallow is considered part of the tree swallow genus Tachycineta, which includes nine species now that stolzmanni has been split from albilinea (Whittingham et al. 2002). The species of the current genus Tachycineta formerly (e.g. Ridgway 1904) were distributed among four different genera; the White-winged Swallow, albiventer, previously was included in the genus Iridoprocne, which also included the species bicolor (Tree Swallow), albilinea (Mangrove Swallow), leucorrhoa (White-rumped Swallow), meyeni (Chilean Swallow), and stolzmanni (Tumbes Swallow). Later Brooke (1974) proposed two subgenera for Tachycineta - Leucochelidon and Tachycineta - and placed albiventer in the subgenus Leucochelidon, along with albilinea (and thus, stolzmanni), leucorrhoa, and meyeni.
Using mitochondrial DNA sequence data, Whittingham et al. (2002) confirmed the monophyly of Tachycineta. Whittingham et al. (2002) also recovered two clades within Tachycineta, which are consistent with the two subgenera proposed by Brooke. Therefore, the White-winged Swallow belongs to a clade that primarily is made up of South American species. Within this clade, albiventer is the sister to albilinea, and stolzmanni is basal to this pair. The rest of the South American clade consists of leucorrhoa and meyeni. Another interesting finding of the Whittingham et al. (2002) study was the determination of an average genetic distance of 5.2% between any two members of the South American clade.