Mangrove Swallow
Tachycineta albilinea
Spanish: Golondrina manglera
The mangrove swallow is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in coastal regions from Mexico through Central America to Panama. It has blue-green upperparts, blackish flight feathers, a white rump, a black tail, and white underparts. It can be identified by the supraloral white streak, the white line near its eye, which only occurs in two other species of Tachycineta: the violet-green swallow and the white-rumped swallow. The sexes, although similar in plumage, differ slightly in size. The juveniles have grey-brown upperparts and white-washed underparts. This swallow's song is generally described as a soft trilling, with a rolled jeerrt call, and a sharp alarm note.
- 2025-07-10 — observation by adrian_mora
- 2023-12-24 — observation by zihuadean
- 2023-03-26 — observation by steve_schmidt
- 2020-10-02 — observation by santiagob1986
- 2020-10-02 — observation by marumg
- 2020-10-02 — observation by marumg
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Cite as: “Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/tachycineta-albilinea/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.