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Caribbean Martin
Golondrina de Iglesias
Progne dominicensis
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.
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Sound recorded by Daniel Lane · XC33710 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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Island profile
About the Caribbean Martin
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.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- coasts
- Elevation
- 0–1900 m
- Nest
- Tree cavity · Building; Rock; Tree
- Clutch
- 2–6 eggs
- Social behavior
- Colonial
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