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Plumage details vary considerably throughout the range, but the following is broadly applicable. Adults lack streaks and typically have dark eyes and a gray to black (sometimes tinged brown) hood over the head and breast, a white belly, and conspicuous white outer tail-feathers on an otherwise dark tail. Typically the bill is pinkish (or bluish, grayish, or bicolored). Males and females are simi...

This swallow has a buffy rump, short square tail, dark throat, dark cheek, pale collar, and usually a white forehead. Length 14 cm, wingspan 34 cm. Source: Encyclopedia of Life