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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
It occurs in wide range of habitats (Barquez pers. comm.). It is an insectivorous, migratory species forming large colonies with millions of individuals. In the Antilles it forms small colonies (Rodriguez pers. comm.)
Range:
This species is found from southern Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile to Oregon, southern Nebraska and Ohio (USA), and in the Greater and Lesser Antilles (Simmons 2005). The distribution extends to the Falkland Islands. It is not found in Nicaragua (Medina pers. comm.)
Conservation:
There is a large subpopulation protected in Tucuman, Argentina. There is a large conservation program in Mexico.