Brown-chested Martin
Progne tapera(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Brown-chested Martin
The Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera) 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.
- Scientific name
- Progne tapera
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-chested Martin
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Progne tapera tapera
- Progne tapera fusca
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo Tapera
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- America ; restricted to eastern Brazil by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 14, and Pernambuco by Pinto, 1940, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 1, p. 270.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.345
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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