Progne
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Progne is a genus
of bird
s. It contains the nine American blue martins. The genus includes the largest-bodied species of swallow.
Species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s. It contains the nine American blue martins. The genus includes the largest-bodied species of swallow.
Species:
- Purple MartinPurple MartinThe Purple Martin is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked.-Description and taxonomy:...
Progne subis - Caribbean MartinCaribbean MartinThe Caribbean Martin or White-bellied Martin, Progne dominicensis, is a large swallow.It breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago. It is closely related to 2 species to which it formerly was considered conspecific-P. sinaloae and P. cryptoleuca...
Progne dominicensis - Cuban MartinCuban MartinThe Cuban Martin, Progne cryptoleuca, is a large swallow endemic to Cuba.It is closely related to the Caribbean Martin, P. dominicensis which breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago, and the P. d...
Progne cryptoleuca - Sinaloa MartinSinaloa MartinThe Sinaloa Martin is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It breeds semicolonially in sheer cliff faces within pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico. Presumed migrant records also come from Belize and Guatemala. It is assumed to winter in South America....
Progne sinaloae - Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Galapagos MartinGalápagos MartinThe Galápagos Martin is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family endemic to the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former...
Progne modesta - Peruvian MartinPeruvian MartinThe Peruvian Martin is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is found in Chile and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude...
Progne murphyi - Southern MartinSouthern MartinThe Southern Martin is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
Progne elegans - Brown-chested MartinBrown-chested MartinThe Brown-chested Martin is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and is a vagrant to Chile and...
Progne tapera