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Violet-green Swallow

Tachycineta thalassina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 4,088, February 3,910, March 4,442, April 8,428, May 5,164, June 2,507, July 2,254, August 2,326, September 2,765, October 2,945, November 3,835, December 3,718.
United States1,805,272
Canada398,378
Texas46,382
Northwest Territories7,934
California6,549
British Columbia3,565
Washington2,475
Oregon1,726
Colorado1,476
Nunavut1,214

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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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