Progne cryptoleuca (Cuban Martin)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Cuban Martin

Common Names in French:

Hirondelle De Cuba

Description

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Family Hirundinidae

A Family of birds that is adapted to feeding on flying insects in the air : they have slender bodies, long pointed wings, short bills, strong bills, a wide gape , and great maneuverability and endurance. Their legs are short and their front toes are partially joined, so their walk is awkward, and their feet are better suited to perching.

Physical Description

Adult Female: Head : Cap: bluish purple Face : Chin: brown Neck: Throat : brown Body: Belly: white Breast: brown upper breast, white lower breast Sides: brown Tail: blackish Shape : notched Undertail Coverts: white.Adult Male: Body: Belly: dark iridescent purplish blue with faint white bands.

Size/Age/Growth

About 7.25 inches long, with a wingspan of 15.5 to 15.5 inches. Adults weigh about 1.5 ounces .

Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, arid lowland scrubs, pastures and agricultural lands, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine forests • Maximum Elevation: 1,500 meters • Zoogeographic Region: Cuba • Foraging Strata: Aerial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

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Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Passeriformes () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
        Suborder: Passeri ()
        Parvorder: Passerida ()
        Superfamily: Sylvioidea ()
        Family: Hirundinidae () - Swallows and Martins
        Subfamily: Hirundininae ()
        Genus: Progne () - Gould, 1837
        Specific name: cryptoleuca - Baird, 1865
        Scientific name: - Progne cryptoleuca Baird, 1865

Unambiguous Synonyms

Progne cryptoleuca Baird, 1865

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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Purple Martin

Members of the genus Progne

There are approximately 24 species in this genus:

P. chalybea (Gray Breasted Martin) · P. chalybea chalybea (Gray-Breasted Martin) · P. chalybea domestica · P. chalybea macrorhamphus · P. cryptoleuca (Cuban Martin) · P. domestica · P. dominicensis (Caribbean Martin) · P. dominicensis cryptoleuca · P. dominicensis dominicensis · P. dominicensis sinaloae · P. elegans (Southern Martin) · P. modesta · P. modesta elegans · P. modesta murphyi · P. murphyi · P. purpurea · P. sinaloae (Sinaloa Martin) · P. subis (Purple Martin) · P. subis arboricola · P. subis hesperia (Purple Martin) · P. subis subis (Purple Martin) · P. tapera (Brown-Chested Martin) · P. tapera fusca · P. tapera tapera

Bibliography

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Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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Notes

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Contributors

BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

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Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3848475
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178467
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809162
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178467
IUCN ID: 52137
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 129452