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Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor · Family Hirundinidae
Tachycineta bicolor
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 8,342,593
- Countries and territories with records
- 32
About this species
This species has 8,342,593 occurrence records from 32 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (81.9%) and Canada (17.7%); together they account for 99.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.61% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tachycineta bicolor combines the genus name Tachycineta with the species epithet bicolor. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Tachycineta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tachycineta thalassina, Tachycineta leucopyga and Tachycineta albilinea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 13.9 times the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.