page_title: List of birds of Brazil
section_title: Swallows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Brazil / Swallows
caption_attribution_description: English: Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis), the Pantanal, Brazil
context_page_description: Brazil has one of the richest bird diversities in the world. The avifauna of Brazil include a total of 1823 confirmed species of which 238 are endemic. Five have been introduced by humans, 78 are rare or vagrants, and four are extinct or extirpated. An additional 21 species are hypothetical.
  Brazil hosts about 60% of the bird species recorded for all of South America. These numbers are still increasing almost every year, due to new occurrences, new species being described, or splits of existing species. About 10% of the bird species found in Brazil are, nonetheless, threatened.
  In June 2013 a simultaneous discovery of fifteen bird species in Brazil was announced, the first such since 1871, when August von Pelzeln described forty new species. The birds were from the families Corvidae, Thamnophilidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Tyrannidae, and Polioptilidae. Eleven of the new species are endemics of Brazil and four also inhabit Peru and Bolivia.
  Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. The list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are also those of the SACC.
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.
  Blue-and-white swallow, Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
  Black-collared swallow, Pygochelidon melanoleuca
  Tawny-headed swallow, Alopochelidon fucata
  White-banded swallow, Atticora fasciata
  White-thighed swallow, Atticora tibialis
  Southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
  Brown-chested martin, Progne tapera
  Purple martin, Progne subis
  Caribbean martin, Progne dominicensis (V)
  Gray-breasted martin, Progne chalybea
  Southern martin, Progne elegans
  White-winged swallow, Tachycineta albiventer
  White-rumped swallow, Tachycineta leucorrhoa
  Chilean swallow, Tachycineta leucopyga
  Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
  Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
  Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
caption: Southern rough-winged swallow
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