Progne
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| Progne | |
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| Male Purple martin (Progne subis) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Subfamily: | Hirundininae |
| Genus: | Progne F. Boie, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Hirundo purpurea[1] = Hirundo subis | |
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Progne is a genus of passerine birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae. The species are found in the New World and all have "martin" in their common name.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Progne was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie for the purple martin.[2][3] The genus name refers to Procne (Πρόκνη), a Greek mythological queen who was turned into a swallow to save her from her husband Tereus. She had killed their son Itys to avenge the rape of her sister Philomela.[4]
The genus contains nine species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| File:Progne tapera -Ceibas, Entre Rios, Argentina-8.jpg | 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 |
| File:Progne murphyi.jpg | Progne murphyi | Peruvian martin | Peru and far northern Chile |
| Progne modesta | Galapagos martin | Galápagos Islands | |
| File:Purple martins (Progne subis) Ford Bay Marina 09.jpg | Progne subis | Purple martin | West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, to East Coast |
| File:Southern Martin (Progne elegans) (15934988176).jpg | Progne elegans | Southern martin | Argentina and southern Bolivia |
| File:Progne chalybea -Sao Jose do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil-8.jpg | Progne chalybea | Grey-breasted martin | Central and South America |
| Progne sinaloae | Sinaloa martin | Mexico | |
| Progne cryptoleuca | Cuban martin | Cuba | |
| File:Progne dominicensis -Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago-8.jpg | Progne dominicensis | Caribbean martin | Mainland Central and South America, Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago |
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References
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