Black-collared Swallow

Black-collared SwallowThis swallow has a black chest band against a white belly. A study along a river in southeastern Brazil recorded it nesting in rock cavities.What does it look like?Adults have blue-black upperparts, a white underside with a narrow black band across the throat and chest, and a long forked tail.How does it live?This swallow has a black chest band against a white belly. A study along a river in southeastern Brazil recorded it nesting in rock cavities.At the study site on the Paraopeba River in southeastern Brazil, birds nested in cavities in exposed rocks in a rocky riverbed and caught flying insects over rapids and small cascades.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.