The first photo was made by Willem Bakker in Suriname in April 2009, the second one by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane (Côté Nature). The young birds have some blue in their feathers, older males are blue above. The birds are very common in Suriname. ten thousands can be found sleeping together with other members of the same genus (family) on electricity wires especially near Paranam. Below is a older bird photographed in Suriname by Erik Toorman in June 2003. More pictures of swallows of this family (Progne) can be found on a different page
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest, all in Suriname.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna | |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests | |
| Sipalawini savanna |  |
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More pictures of birds in Suriname, part 7
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