Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea
Familia: Hirundinidae
Genus: Progne
Species: Progne tapera
Subspecies: P. t. fusca - P. t. tapera
Name
Progne tapera (Linnaeus, 1766)
References
Systema Naturae ed.12 p. 345
Vernacular names
English: Brown-chested Martin
português: Andorinha-do-campo
The brown-chested martin (Progne tapera) is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and is a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest.
It usually swoops at low heights, showing white on the sides of its tail, with wings bowed. It may dig burrows into banks to nest (or occasionally in snags) or sometimes use old hornero nests.[2]
Diet
It eats insects, especially termites and winged ants.[3]
Social Behavior
It often congregates in groups of up to tens of thousands around dusk.[3]
References
BirdLife International (2020). "Progne tapera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22712092A137688210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22712092A137688210.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Robert S. Ridgely and Guy Tudor, Field guide to the songbirds of South America: the passerines, 1st ed. University of Texas Press, 2009.
Oniki-Willis, Yoshika; Willis, Edwin O.; Machado, Vera Ligia Letizio; Lopes, Leonardo Esteves (2022-03-30). "Diet of two coexisting martins (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) from southeastern Brazil". Ornithology Research. 30 (2): 130–134. Bibcode:2022OrniR..30..130O. doi:10.1007/s43388-022-00092-3. ISSN 2662-673X. S2CID 258704402.
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