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Species
Least Concernpurple martin
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyHirundinidae
Die Purpurschwalbe (Progne subis) ist eine amerikanische Singvogelart.
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- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Progne subis
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- Progne subis
- taxon common name
- andorinha-púrpura
- short name
- P. subis
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Encyclopedic overview
The purple martin (Progne subis) is a passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is the largest swallow in North America. Despite its name, the purple martin is not truly purple. The dark blackish-blue feathers have an iridescent sheen caused by the diffraction of incident light giving them a bright blue to navy blue or deep purple appearance. In some light, they may even appear green in color.
They are migratory, with their breeding range including all of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, as well as the coastal Pacific Northwest, Baja California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Most make a brief stopover in the Yucatán Peninsula or Cuba during pre-breeding migration to North America and during post-breeding migration before reaching their overwintering site in South America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purple Martin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.