Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea - Hirondelle chalybée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Progne

  • Species
    :

    chalybea

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 18 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 33 à 50 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle chalybée
♂ adult
Hirondelle chalybée
♀ immature

Grey-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Progne chalybea chalybea (e Mexico through n South America)
  • Progne chalybea warneri (w Mexico)
  • Progne chalybea macrorhamphus (c and sc South America)

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle chalybée,
  • Golondrina pechigrís,
  • andorinha-grande,
  • Graubrustschwalbe,
  • szürkemellű bíborfecske,
  • Grijsborstpurperzwaluw,
  • Rondine pettogrigio,
  • gråbröstad storsvala,
  • Gråbrystsvale,
  • lastovička sivoprsá,
  • jiřička neotropická,
  • Gråbrystet Svale,
  • harmaasinipääsky,
  • oreneta pitgrisa,
  • jaskółczak szarogardły,
  • Серогрудая лесная ласточка,
  • ハイムネムラサキツバメ,
  • 灰胸崖燕,
  • 灰腰崖燕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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