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Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina · Family Hirundinidae
Tachycineta thalassina
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,801,497
- Countries and territories with records
- 12
About this species
This species has 1,801,497 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (83.8%), Canada (14.4%) and Mexico (1.6%); together they account for 99.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tachycineta thalassina combines the genus name Tachycineta with the species epithet thalassina. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Tachycineta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tachycineta bicolor, Tachycineta leucopyga and Tachycineta albilinea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 3 times the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.