Violet-green Swallow Images, Facts and Information:
Tachycineta thalassina
- Violet-green Swallows are small swallows that have metallic green upperparts, iridescent purple rumps, white faces and underparts with slightly forked tails. Females are duller than males.
- Violet-green Swallows are migratory. During the breeding season they can be found from Alaska and the Yukon in Canada south through the western states and in northern Mexico. Violet-green Swallows spend the winter mostly south of the U.S. – Mexico border although some overwinter in California. Their preferred habitats include mountains, forests, foothills, and suburban areas.
- Violet-green Swallows eat bees, flies, ants, wasps, beetles, and leafhoppers.
- Violet-green Swallows lay 4 to 6 eggs which hatch in 13 to 14 days. The females incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of barn swallows is called a “kettle” of swallows.
- Violet-green Swallows can live to be more than 9 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Violet-green Swallow photos.
Male Violet-green Swallow taking flight
Title: Male Violet-green Swallow taking flight
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Adult male Violet-green Swallow perched on a thin branch
Title: Adult male Violet-green Swallow perched on a thin branch
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Violet-green Swallow in a forest
Title: Violet-green Swallow in a forest
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Violet-green Swallow male watching over a nesting cavity
Title: Violet-green Swallow male watching over a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Female Violet-green Swallow guarding a nesting cavity
Title: Female Violet-green Swallow guarding a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Female Violet-green Swallow at a nesting cavity
Title: Female Violet-green Swallow at a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Male Violet-green Swallow guarding a nesting cavity
Title: Male Violet-green Swallow guarding a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Male Violet-green Swallow perched on a dead branch
Title: Male Violet-green Swallow perched on a dead branch
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Violet-green Swallow male at a nesting cavity
Title: Violet-green Swallow male at a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Male Violet-green Swallow clinging to a nesting cavity
Title: Male Violet-green Swallow clinging to a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Adult male Violet-green Swallow at a nesting cavity
Title: Adult male Violet-green Swallow at a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Spring male Violet-green Swallow
Title: Spring male Violet-green Swallow
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Male Violet-green Swallow in spring
Title: Male Violet-green Swallow in spring
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Male and female Violet-green Swallows
Title: Male and female Violet-green Swallows
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Two intertwined Violet-green Swallows
Title: Two intertwined Violet-green Swallows
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Violet-green Swallow adults near a nesting cavity
Title: Violet-green Swallow adults near a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Fighting Violet-green Swallow adults
Title: Fighting Violet-green Swallow adults
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Violet-green Swallows scuffling
Title: Violet-green Swallows scuffling
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Violet-green Swallows tussling at a nesting cavity
Title: Violet-green Swallows tussling at a nesting cavity
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021
Violet-green Swallow adult back view
Title: Violet-green Swallow adult back view
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2021