Brown-chested Martin

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Brown-chested Martin
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Progne
Species: P. tapera
Binomial name
Progne tapera
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Progne tapera. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.