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2 unusual facts about Tumbes Swallow


Tumbes Swallow

All Tachycineta swallows are known to be exclusive insectivores; only identified prey include Diptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Aranae.

More extensive data, on which the following account is based, is from research teams from Cornell University and the Golondrinas de las Americas project in 2010-2011; data from this project are consistent with the initial.



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