Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis) - HBW 9, p. 656
French: Hirondelle à ventre blanc
German: Dominikanerschwalbe
Spanish: Golondrina Caribeña
Other common names: Snowy-bellied/White-bellied Martin
Taxonomy: Hirundo dominicensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Hispaniola.
Forms a superspecies with all congeners apart from P. tapera. Sometimes considered a race of P. subis; sometimes merged with P. cryptoleuca and P. sinaloae as a single species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds Greater Antilles (except Cuba and I of Pines), Lesser Antilles and Tobago; non-breeding range uncertain, probably in South America.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing and flying away Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 January 2007 4 years ago 11 sec 3.7 -
A bird looking around and calling Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 January 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 3.1 -
A male singing. Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 February 2007 3 years ago 14 sec 3 -
A bird perched and calling once. Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 February 2007 3 years ago 26 sec 2.3
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Ventral view of bird perched on wire
Locality Puerto Rico (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 3 May 2009 3 years ago 3
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calls. Locality Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic
herve jacob 13 February 2012 13 weeks ago 2
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