Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Hirundinidae > Haplochelidon > Haplochelidon andecola

Haplochelidon andecola (Andean Swallow)

Synonyms: Hirundo andecola; Hirundo andecola andecola; Orochelidon andecola; Orochelidon andecola andecola; Petrochelidon andecola

Wikipedia Abstract

The Andean swallow (Haplochelidon andecola) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is monotypic within the genus Haplochelidon.Found in the South American countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
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Infraspecies

Haplochelidon andecola andecola
Haplochelidon andecola oroyae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
19
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.28547
EDGE Score: 1.98588
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  16 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  70 %
Forages - Ground [2]  10 %

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0