Progne

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Hirundinidae
Genus: Progne
Species: P. chalybea - P. cryptoleuca - P. dominicensis - P. elegans - P. modesta - P. murphyi - P. sinaloae - P. subis - P. tapera

Name

Progne Boie, 1826
Typus

Hirundo purpurea Linnaeus, 1766, = Hirundo subis Linnaeus, 1758, = Progne subis. Hudson Bay, Canada.

References
Primary references

Boie, F. 1826. Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung von Oken 19: 969–981. BHLReference page. Original citation p.971 BHL

Vernacular names
български: Пурпурни лястовици
English: Martin
فارسی: پروکن‌پرستوها
suomi: Sinipääskyt
italiano: Procne
svenska: Storsvalor

Progne is a genus of birds. The genus name refers to Procne (Πρόκνη), a mythological girl who was turned into a swallow to save her from her husband. She had killed their son to avenge the rape of her sister.[1]
Extant Species

Created by Friedrich Boie in 1826, the genus contains nine American swallows.[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Progne tapera	Brown-chested martin	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands
	Progne murphyi	Peruvian martin	Peru and far northern Chile
	Progne modesta	Galapagos martin	Galápagos Islands
	Progne subis	Purple martin	West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, to East Coast
	Progne elegans	Southern martin	Argentina and southern Bolivia
	Progne chalybea	Grey-breasted martin	Central and South America
	Progne sinaloae	Sinaloa martin	Mexico
	Progne cryptoleuca	Cuban martin	Cuba
	Progne dominicensis	Caribbean martin	Mainland Central and South America, Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago

References

Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
"ITIS Report: Progne". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

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