Progne
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Progne | |
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Male Purple martin (Progne subis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Hirundinidae |
Subfamily: | Hirundininae |
Genus: | Progne F. Boie, 1826 |
Species | |
9, See text |
Progne is a genus of birds. The genus name refers to Procne (Πρόκνη), a mythological girl who was turned into a swallow to save her from her husband. She had killed their son to avenge the rape of her sister.[1]
Extant Species[edit]
Created by Friedrich Boie in 1826, the genus contains nine American swallows.[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Progne subis | Purple martin | West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, to East Coast |
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Progne dominicensis | Caribbean martin | Mainland Central and South America, Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago |
Progne cryptoleuca | Cuban martin | Cuba | |
Progne sinaloae | Sinaloa martin | Mexico | |
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Progne chalybea | Grey-breasted martin | Central and South America |
Progne modesta | Galapagos martin | Galápagos Islands | |
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Progne murphyi | Peruvian martin | Peru and far northern Chile |
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Progne elegans | Southern martin | Argentina and southern Bolivia |
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Progne tapera | Brown-chested martin | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands |
References[edit]
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Progne". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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