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Mangrove Swallow

Tachycineta albilinea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 153, February 134, March 157, April 281, May 127, June 89, July 112, August 94, September 90, October 109, November 88, December 137.
Mexico1,571
Costa Rica936
Provincia Puntarenas372
Sinaloa311
Panama279
Provincia Alajuela260
Oaxaca240
Quintana Roo224
Yucatan167
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave158

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilySwallows and Martins · Hirundinidae
GenusTachycineta Swallows · Tachycineta

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