Southern Martin
Progne elegansBaird, SF, 1865
English (US) Southern Martin
The Southern Martin (Progne elegans) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Hirundinidae (Swallows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds Bolivia to Uruguay and Argentina; winters to north to ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Progne elegans
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Martin
- Described by
- Baird, SF, 1865
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Baird, SF, 1865
- Type locality
- Rio Bermejo, Argentina = yg. <$ and $.
- Original description
- Review of American birds, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution 1 p.274, p. 275, footnote 1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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