Birds of the Ramsar site Estação Ecológica de Taiamã and buffer zone, Pantanal wetlands, Brazil
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Vilas Boas da Frota, Angélica
Author
Vitorino, Breno Dias
Author
da Silva, Carolina Joana
Author
Ikeda-Castrillon, Solange Kimie
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Nunes, Josué Ribeiro da Silva
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.2.401
journal article
10.15560/16.2.401
1809-127X
Riparia riparia
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Material examined.
Tables 1
,
2
.
IDentificAtion.
This species was observed flying over the
Paraguay
River together with resident species like
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
(Vieillot, 1817)
and
Progne tapera
(Vieillot, 1817)
. We identified it as is a small swal- low, with a uniform brown upper and somewhat darker wings.
Progne tapera
is similarly colored and patterned but is considerably larger (
Ridgely and Tudor 2009
).