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.