Characterization: Species measuring about 12cm in length. Lower white plumage crossed by a broad brown breast band.

Distribution: It occurs from Costa Rica to Bolivia to Paraguay and Argentina, and throughout Brazil.

Habitat: It lives in new vegetation areas and at the edge of dry or moist forests, but avoids going in to dense forests.

Habits: This bird flies over fields and open areas, sugarcane fields and wetlands in small and large groups associated with flocks.

Diet: It feeds on flying insects, especially flies. It will sometimes eat grasshoppers, dragonflies, and beetles.

Breeding: Its colonies, directly dug in the ground or ravines, are this swallow's most distinctive feature compared to other members of its family. It reaches sexual maturity at one year of age. In the breeding season, it lays eggs from January to July, nesting in hollow trees, termite holes, hollow brick pillars in houses, holes in the roofs of abandoned houses, in woodpecker holes, or in any safe cavity. Their nests are only occasionally made in the shape of a basket on trees.

In the UFRA area: The species is most often spotted in spring and summer, and due to their diet, limited to insects, it can be found in various habitats on UFRA farms, such as Organic Sugarcane Fields, Restored Forests, Wetlands with Riparian Forests, etc.