Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Southern Martin
Common Names in French:
Hirondelle gracieuse
Description
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Physical Description
Adult Female: Face : Forehead: grayish brown Tail: blue-black Shape : notched.Adult Male: Bill: black Legs : Foot Color: black Leg Color: black Tail: bluish black Shape: notched.
Size/Age/Growth
About 7 inches long, with a wingspan of 15 to 15 inches.
Habitat
Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, low seasonally wet grasslands • Foraging Strata: Aerial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,846 meters (0 to 15,899 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas [more info]
Biology
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Migration
Some migrate
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
()
- Family:
Hirundinidae
()
- Subfamily:
Hirundininae
()
- Genus:
Progne
()
- Boie, 1826
- Specific name:
elegans
- (Baird, 1865)
- Scientific name: - Progne elegans S. F. Baird, 1865 (Baird, 1865)
- Specific name:
elegans
- (Baird, 1865)
- Genus:
Progne
(
- Subfamily:
Hirundininae
(
- Family:
Hirundinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Progne ekegans • Progne ekegans (Baird • Progne ekegans (Baird, 1865)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Jul-2007
Similar Species
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Purple Martin
Members of the genus Progne
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. chalybea (Gray Breasted Martin) · P. chalybea chalybea (Gray-Breasted Martin) · P. cryptoleuca (Cuban Martin) · P. dominicensis (Caribbean Martin) · P. dominicensis dominicensis (Caribbean Martin) · P. elegans (Southern Martin) · P. modesta (Gal?pagos Martin) · P. murphyi (Peruvian Martin) · P. sinaloae (Sinaloa Martin) · P. subis (Western Martin) · P. subis hesperia (Purple Martin) · P. subis subis (Purple Martin) · P. tapera (Brown Chested Martin) · P. tapera tapera (Brown-Chested Martin)
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Further Reading
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- A history of British birds. London, J. Van Voorst, 1871-85. url p. 362.
- A monograph of the Hirundinidae: or family of swallows / London: Printed for the authors, 1885-1894 url , , p. 2, p. 59.
- Argentine ornithology. A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. By P. L. Sclater. .. With notes on their habits by W. H. Hudson. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1888-89. url p. 25.
- Birds of the Colorado valley. .. scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology. Washington, Gov't print. off., 1878. url p. 668.
- Birds of the Northwest: a hand-book of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1874. url .
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 107, p. 30, p. 314, p. 346, p. 347, p. 35.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. 13 1935 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1935. url p. 21.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 173.
- Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 491, p. 806.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 88.
- Michigan bird life, a list of all the bird species known to occur in the state together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, wtih special reference to its relation t [Lansing]Michigan Agricultural College, 1912. url .
- Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. by S.F. Baird. Washington: The Institution, 1864-1872. url .
- Review of American birds, in the Museum of the Smithsonian institution. Part I. By S. F. Baird. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1864-1866. url p. 275.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 12 1874 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 275.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 24.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 151, p. 368.
- The birds of Chile, by Charles E. Hellmayr. 19 1932 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1932. url p. 45, p. 469.
- The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url .
- The migrations of birds, by Alexander Wetmore. .. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1926. url p. 151.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2005. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Progne elegans. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- 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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- 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.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554391
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13718544
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554391
- IUCN ID: 236334
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 129458
Footnotes
- Mean = 562.320 meters (1,844.882 feet), Standard Deviation = 763.210 based on 16,878 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
