page_title: List of birds of British Columbia
section_title: Swallows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of British Columbia / Swallows
caption_attribution_description: Tachycineta thalassina English: A male Violet-green Swallow in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
context_page_description: This list of birds of British Columbia includes species documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As of January 2020, there are 588 species included in this list. Of them, 227 are rare or accidental and 17 have been introduced to British Columbia or elsewhere in North America. Five species have been extirpated and one is extinct. Thirty-nine species have only sight records or are classed as hypothetical. An additional species of questionable origin is also included here.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following tags are used to describe some categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species seldom recorded in British Columbia
  (I) Introduced - a species that has been introduced to British Columbia by the actions of humans, either directly or indirectly
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae
  The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.
  Bank swallow, Riparia riparia LC
  Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor LC
  Violet-green swallow, Tachycineta thalassina LC
  Northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis LC
  Purple martin, Progne subis LC
  Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica LC
  Common house-martin, Delichon urbicum (A) LC
  Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota LC
  Cave swallow, Petrochelidon fulva (A) LC
caption: Violet-green swallow
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