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Caribbean Martin

Progne dominicensis

Classification

Class
Aves

The Caribbean martin or white-bellied martin (Progne dominicensis) is a large swallow. It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the purple martin, Progne subis. Taxonomy In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Caribbean martin in the second volume of his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in the French colony of Saint-Domingue on the island of Hispaniola.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 2