Progne subis

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Passerida • Superfamilia: Sylvioidea • Familia: Hirundinidae • Genus: Progne • Species: Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular names

• English: Purple Martin
• Deutsch: Purpurschwalbe
• Esperanto: Purpura hirundo
• français: Hirondelle noire
• magyar: Bíborfecske
• 日本語: ムラサキツバメ (鳥)
• polski: Jaskółczak modry
• русский: Пурпурная лесная ласточка
• Türkçe: Mor kırlangıç

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Progne subis

IUCN: Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) (old web site) (Least Concern)

Sub-species

Progne subis subis

Is the nominate form, with the typical features of the species, breeds in eastern North America.

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  A female Purple Martin in Chicago, USA.
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  Male singing, Chicago
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  Male, North Carolina
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  Female, San Antonio, Texas
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  Cape May, New Jersey
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  Female, Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
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  Female, Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
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  Female, Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
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  Female, Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
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  Female, Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
• Song, Ontario, Canada
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Progne subis arboricola

Of the Mexico and the southwestern United States, is distinguished primarily by its nesting habits.

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  Male, Redmond, Washington
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  Pair, Fern Ridge Reservoir, Oregon

Progne subis hesperia

Of western mountains is large with females paler on underparts.

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  A male Purple Martin in Tuscon, Arizona, USA.
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  Male, Tucson, Arizona
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  Male, Catalina, Arizona
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  male left, female right - Tuscon, Arizona
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  male left, female right - Tuscon, Arizona
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Nests, eggs, Juveniles by age

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  Nestboxes for Purple Martins in Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA.
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  Tenney Park, Madison, Wisconsin
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  Tulsa, Oklahoma
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  Tulsa, Oklahoma
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  Tulsa, Oklahoma
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  Tulsa, Oklahoma
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  Tulsa, Oklahoma
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  Tulsa, Oklahoma

Illustrations

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  Purple Martin
  Rural Hours
  (1851)
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  Progne subis subis
  1894
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  Progne subis hesperia
  1894
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  Progne subis
  (common:
  Purple Martin)
  Plate 3 ,
  No. 1. in:
  A Manual of Bird Study

Song

• Progne subis subis, Ontario, Canada