Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Hirundinidae > Progne > Progne elegansProgne elegans (Southern Martin)Synonyms: Progne ekegans The southern martin (Progne elegans) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and urban areas. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.11393 EDGE Score: 1.63197 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 51 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Aerial [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 30 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 4 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Beni savanna |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Bolivian montane dry forests |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Bolivian Yungas |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Caqueta moist forests |
Brazil, Columbia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central Andean puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Espinal |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Galápagos Islands scrubland mosaic |
Ecuador |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Humid Pampas |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Iquitos varzea |
Brazil, Peru, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests |
Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Juruá-Purus moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Low Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Madeira-Tapajós moist forests |
Brazil, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Monte Alegre varzea |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Napo moist forests |
Colombia, Venezuela, Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Patagonian steppe |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Purus varzea |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Purus-Madeira moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Rio Negro campinarana |
Brazil, Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sechura desert |
Peru |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Solimões-Japurá moist forest |
Brazil, Colombia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Andean Yungas |
Bolivia, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southwest Amazon moist forests |
Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tumbes-Piura dry forests |
Ecuador, Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Ucayali moist forests |
Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uruguayan savanna |
Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Haverschmidt, F. and GF Mees. 1994. Birds of Suriname. Vaco, Paramaribo, Surinam ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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