Brown-chested Martin

Progne tapera - Hirondelle tapère

Hirondelle tapère
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Progne

  • Species
    :

    tapera

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 29 à 40 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle tapère
adult
Hirondelle tapère
adult

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

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Progne tapera tapera (Colombia through Amazonia to ne Brazil, also sw Ecuador and nw Peru)
  • Progne tapera fusca (e Bolivia to e Brazil and c Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle tapère,
  • Golondrina parda,
  • andorinha-do-campo,
  • Braunbrustschwalbe,
  • Bruinborstzwaluw,
  • Rondine pettobruno,
  • brunbröstad storsvala,
  • Taperasvale,
  • lastovička hnedoprsá,
  • jiřička hnědoprsá,
  • Brunbrystet Svale,
  • savupääsky,
  • oreneta de pit bru,
  • jaskółczak brunatny,
  • Бурогрудая лесная ласточка,
  • チャムネツバメ,
  • 棕胸崖燕,
  • 褐胸崖燕,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle tapère
adult

Habitat

Hirondelle tapère

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 02-10-2012
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