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Progne

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Extant Species
References

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| image = PurpleMartin cajay.jpg
| image_caption = Male Purple martin (Progne subis)
| taxon = Progne
| authority = F. Boie, 1826
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| subdivision = 9, See text
}}Progne is a genus of birds. The genus name refers to Procne (Πρόκνη), a mythological girl who was turned into a swallow to save her from her husband. She had killed their son to avenge the rape of her sister.^[1]

Extant Species

Created by Friedrich Boie in 1826, the genus contains nine American swallows.

Image	Scientific name	Common name
Progne subis	Purple martin	west coast from British Columbia to Mexico
Progne dominicensis	Caribbean martin	mainland Central and South America
Progne cryptoleuca	Cuban martin	Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago
Progne sinaloae	Sinaloa martin	Mexico
Progne chalybea	Grey-breasted martin	Central and South America.
Progne modesta	Galapagos martin	Galápagos Islands.
Progne murphyi	Peruvian martin	Peru and far norther Chile.
Progne elegans	Southern martin	Argentina and southern Bolivia
Progne tapera	Brown-chested martin	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.

References

1. ^{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page = 317}}

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