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title: "Blue-and-white Swallow"
description: "Pygochelidon cyanoleuca — Birds. The blue-and-white swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) is a passerine bird that breeds from Nicaragua south throughout South America, except in the deserts and the Amazon Basin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-and-white-swallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-and-white Swallow

> Pygochelidon cyanoleuca — Birds. The blue-and-white swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) is a passerine bird that breeds from Nicaragua south throughout South America, except in the deserts and the Amazon Basin.

- Scientific name: *Pygochelidon cyanoleuca*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9317
- Wikidata: [Q55112153](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55112153)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68826](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68826)

## Names

- en: Blue-and-white Swallow
- de: Schwarzsteißschwalbe
- es: Golondrina Albiazul
- fr: Hirondelle bleu et blanc
- nl: Blauw-witte zwaluw

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2697), EC (1233), CO (1198), PE (829), AR (752), CR (686), CL (293), BO (192), PA (113), UY (113), VE (97), PY (4)

## Summary

The blue-and-white swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) is a passerine bird that breeds from Nicaragua south throughout South America, except in the deserts and the Amazon Basin. The southern race is migratory, wintering as far north as Trinidad, where it is a regular visitor. The nominate northern race may have bred on that island.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-and-white_swallow

## Photo

![Blue-and-white Swallow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-and-white-swallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gustavo Puente · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/278577047

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-and-white-swallow?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).