White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata

Brazilian name:
peitoril
White-banded  Swallow, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, December 2006 - click for larger image Brazil and Peru

The White-banded Swallow is distributed throughout the Amazon and Orinoco Basins where it is found along streams and rivers bordered by forest. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is usually associated with clear or black water rivers.

White-banded  Swallows with a White-winged Swallow, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, March 2003 - click for larger image They are usually in small groupsĀ as in the second photo where you see them associating with a White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer.
White-banded  Swallow, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, December 2006 - click for larger image
White-banded  Swallow, Rio Mayo, San Martin, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image
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