White-thighed swallow

White-thighed swallow
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Subfamily: Hirundininae
Genus: Neochelidon
P.L. Sclater, 1862
Species: N. tibialis
Binomial name
Neochelidon tibialis
(Cassin, 1853)

The white-thighed swallow (Neochelidon tibialis) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. Its genus, Neochelidon, is monotypic.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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