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| | [[Image:Grey-breasted_Martin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by luisrock62.<br>Photo taken: Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]].]] | | [[Image:Grey-breasted_Martin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by luisrock62.<br>Photo taken: Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]].]] |
| | [[Image:Grey-breasted Martin by Jamfaraco.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Jamfaraco.<br>Photo taken: Itapirubá/Imbituba-SC, [[Brazil]].]] | | [[Image:Grey-breasted Martin by Jamfaraco.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Jamfaraco.<br>Photo taken: Itapirubá/Imbituba-SC, [[Brazil]].]] |
| | + | ;[[: Category:Progne|Progne]] chalybea |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Upperparts are shiny metallic dark blue while the throat and middle of the breast are grayish-brown and the belly and crissum are white. | + | Upperparts are shiny metallic dark blue while the throat and middle of the breast are grayish-brown and the belly and [[Dictionary A-F#C|crissum]] are white. |
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| | The two images show one individual that is very white and another that is much darker, to show some of the variation in this species. | | The two images show one individual that is very white and another that is much darker, to show some of the variation in this species. |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | It is found in towns and semi-open areas especially near water | | It is found in towns and semi-open areas especially near water |
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| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | Nests in crevices and under the eaves of houses. | | Nests in crevices and under the eaves of houses. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 |
| | + | {{ref}} |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | *[http://www.geocities.com/secaribbirds/idcaribbeangray-breastedmartin.html An identification essay comparing Caribbean Martin with Gray-breasted Martin] | + | *[http://secrb.trinidadbirding.com/idcaribbeangray-breastedmartin.html An identification essay] comparing Caribbean Martin with Gray-breasted Martin |
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| | {{GSearch|Progne+chalybea}} | | {{GSearch|Progne+chalybea}} |
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| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Progne]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Progne]] |
Current revision
Photo by luisrock62.
Photo taken: Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Photo by Jamfaraco.
Photo taken: Itapirubá/Imbituba-SC,
Brazil.
- Progne chalybea
[edit] Identification
Upperparts are shiny metallic dark blue while the throat and middle of the breast are grayish-brown and the belly and crissum are white.
The two images show one individual that is very white and another that is much darker, to show some of the variation in this species.
[edit] Distribution
The Gray-breasted Martin is distributed from Central America through most of South America south to central Argentina but excluding the Andes south of Colombia. Accidental vagrant to Texas (two 19th century records).
[edit] Taxonomy
This species has three subspecies: chalybea, warneri, and macrorhamphus; macrorhamphus is the southernmost subspecies and the one that averages whitest on the underside.
[edit] Habitat
It is found in towns and semi-open areas especially near water
[edit] Behaviour
Nests in crevices and under the eaves of houses.
[edit] References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
[edit] External Links
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