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Progne subis

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Progne subis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea
Familia: Hirundinidae
Genus: Progne
Species: Progne subis
Subspecies: P. s. arboricola - P. s. hesperia - P. s. subis

Name

Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : page 192.

Links

Progne subis in AviBase, the world bird database.

The Sinaloa Martin (Progne sinaloae) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It breeds semicolonially in sheer cliff faces within pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico. Presumed migrant records also come from Belize and Guatemala. It is assumed to winter in South America.
References

^ BirdLife International 2004. Progne sinaloae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

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