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title: "Brown-bellied Swallow"
description: "Orochelidon murina — Birds. The brown-bellied swallow (Orochelidon murina) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-bellied-swallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown-bellied Swallow

> Orochelidon murina — Birds. The brown-bellied swallow (Orochelidon murina) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins.

- Scientific name: *Orochelidon murina*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1169
- Wikidata: [Q28866712](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28866712)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144782](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144782)

## Names

- en: Brown-bellied Swallow
- de: Mausschwalbe
- es: Golondrina plomiza
- fr: Hirondelle à ventre brun

## Countries with the most observations

CO (489), EC (188), PE (39), BO (3)

## Summary

The brown-bellied swallow (Orochelidon murina) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-bellied_swallow

## Photo

![Brown-bellied Swallow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-bellied-swallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150083997

## Machine access

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