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title: "Cayenneschwalbe"
description: "Tachycineta albiventer — Vögel. The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) is a resident breeding swallow in tropical South America found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/white-winged-swallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cayenneschwalbe

> Tachycineta albiventer — Vögel. The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) is a resident breeding swallow in tropical South America found in Brazil,  Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina.

- Scientific name: *Tachycineta albiventer*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4786
- Wikidata: [Q3136328](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3136328)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11937](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11937)

## Names

- en: White-winged Swallow
- de: Cayenneschwalbe
- es: Golondrina de alas blancas
- fr: Hirondelle à ailes blanches
- nl: Witbuikzwaluw
- pt: Andorinha-do-rio
- pl: Nadobniczka zielono-biała

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2335), PE (530), CO (459), EC (333), BO (204), GF (170), TT (136), AR (103), SR (68), GY (51), VE (46), PY (7)

## Summary

The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) is a resident breeding swallow in tropical South America found in Brazil,  Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina. It is not found west of the Andes. This swallow is largely non-migratory.

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

## Photo

![Cayenneschwalbe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-winged-swallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lucas Rodrigues · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/384301556

## Machine access

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