Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Grey-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea) - HBW 9, p. 656
French: Hirondelle chalybée
German: Graubrustschwalbe
Spanish: Golondrina Pechigrís
Other common names: White-bellied Martin
Taxonomy: Hirundo chalybea J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Cayenne.
Forms a superspecies with others of genus apart from P. tapera. Hybrids with P. sinaloae and P. elegans recorded. Race warneri often merged with nominate. Race macrorhamphus formerly known as domestica, but latter name invalid, as preoccupied. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- warneri A. R. Phillips, 1986 - W Mexico (S from S Sinaloa).
- chalybea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - E Mexico (from S Tamaulipas) S through Central America to Trinidad and N South America (S to NW Peru and, E of Andes, to N Bolivia, N Argentina and C & NE Brazil).
- macrorhamphus Brooke, 1974 - C Bolivia and E Brazil S to N Argentina (S to Mendoza, Córdoba and Buenos Aires) and Uruguay; migrates to N South America.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perching on a metallic tube and flying away Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador (ssp chalybea)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2007 4 years ago 54 sec 4.2 -
A ventral view of a singing bird on a wire, then flying off. Locality Apoera, Sipaliwini District, Suriname (ssp chalybea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 3 May 2011 37 weeks ago 14 sec 4 -
A singing bird on a wire, eventually flying off. Locality Apoera, Sipaliwini District, Suriname (ssp chalybea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 3 May 2011 37 weeks ago 22 sec 4 -
Several birds on a wire in the rain. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp chalybea)
Josep del Hoyo 2 October 2008 2 years ago 38 sec 4 -
A bird on a wire, shaking the plumage and looking around Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador (ssp chalybea)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 4 -
First a calling adult, then a juvenile, both perched on a wire. Locality Cultuurtuin, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp chalybea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 7 February 2011 46 weeks ago 15 sec 3.8
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Male gliding over water.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp macrorhamphus)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 7 December 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Female perched over the sand.
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 14 May 2011 50 weeks ago 4 -
Lateral view of male perched on roof. Note the blue and greenish sheen on the back and wings.
Locality Maturín, Monagas State, Venezuela (ssp chalybea)
Mikko Pyhälä 30 March 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Twisting the neck
Locality Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 2 March 2012 11 weeks ago 3.8 -
Perched on a radio aerial
Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Ian Barker 10 June 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Lateral view of female perched on roof
Locality Maturín, Monagas State, Venezuela (ssp chalybea)
Mikko Pyhälä 30 March 2009 3 years ago 3.8
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adult male singing is 8 meters Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Leonardo de Melo Souza 12 November 2011 27 weeks ago 3 -
One or two different individuals in an antenna. Locality Garabí, Corrientes Province, Argentina
(ssp chalybea)
Kini Roesler 8 May 2009 2 years ago 3
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