Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Tachycineta
- eBird Code
- vigswa
Vocalizations
Hunter Hammil · CC_BY_4_0
Rudyard · CC0_1_0
Rudyard · CC0_1_0
Case · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (2)
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Tachycineta thalassina brachyptera
mountains of central and southern Baja California, and coastal western Mexico (Sonora to Sinaloa)
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Tachycineta thalassina thalassina
breeds Alaska and Canada to central Baja California and southern Mexico; winters to Costa Rica
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.