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Cuban Martin
Golondrina Cubana
Progne cryptoleuca
The Cuban martin (Progne cryptoleuca) is a large swallow endemic to Cuba. It is closely related to the Caribbean martin (P. dominicensis), which breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago, and the Sinaloa martin (P. sinaloae), which breeds in Mexico. It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the purple martin, Progne subis.
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Sound recorded by FREDERIC Lionel · XC995067 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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Island profile
About the Cuban Martin
The Cuban martin (Progne cryptoleuca) is a large swallow endemic to Cuba. It is closely related to the Caribbean martin (P. dominicensis), which breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago, and the Sinaloa martin (P. sinaloae), which breeds in Mexico. 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
- shrublands
- Elevation
- 0–1500 m
- Nest
- Tree cavity · Building; Rock; Tree
- Clutch
- 3–6 eggs
- Social behavior
- Colonial; Social / flocking; Singly and pairs
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