Galápagos martin

Galápagos martin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Progne
Species: P. modesta
Binomial name
Progne modesta
Gould, 1837

The Galápagos martin (Progne modesta) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae endemic to the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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