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 LC    Caribbean Martin* Id (Atlas):
    Progne dominicensis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Caribbean Martin, Snowy-bellied Martin, White-bellied Martin

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
17 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Urban areas, pastureland, arable land. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (British) (B), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B).

Breeds Greater Antilles (except Cuba and I of Pines), Lesser Antilles and Tobago. Non-breeding range uncertain, probably in South America.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis) [XC591010]
     by David Boyle from Anse Chastanet, St Lucia (flight call)

 
Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis) [XC351512]
     by Albert Lastukhin from Calibishie, Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with all congeners apart from Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera). Sometimes considered a subspecies of Purple Martin (Progne subis). Sometimes merged with Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) and Sinaloa Martin (Progne sinaloae) as a single species.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis) - 10 files


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