Southern Martin (Progne elegans)
About the Southern Martin
The southern martin (Progne elegans) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. One source states that it is known in every mainland South American country except Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela, and there are undocumented sight records in those three countries. It has occurred as a vagrant in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands and the U.S. state of Florida. The southern martin was originally described with its present binomial Progne elegans. For much of the twentieth century many authors treated the southern martin and Peruvian martin (P. murphyi) as conspecific with the Galapagos martin (P. modesta). The southern martin is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 24 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA · 7 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Grey-breasted MartinProgne chalybearecording
- Purple MartinProgne subisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.