Blue-and-White Swallow, Costa Rica


🔍 Blue-and-White Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca 🐦

📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

💬 One of the most common and widely distributed Neotropical swallows. Small and compact with a notched tail. Generally dark above and white below

Also Known as:

Swallow

Size:

Length: 11–12 cm

Wingspan: 12.5 – 13.5 cm

Weight: 10 g

Coloration:

dark, steel-blue or violet-blue upperparts and clean white underparts

Life Span

2.3 years

Published by Carlos Morales

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Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Management Information Systems, graduated in 2011 from Harding University, Arkansas, United States. My favorite hobby: Photography!

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