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Galápagos martin

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Species of bird

Galápagos martin
Illustration by John Gould (1841)
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Progne
Species: P. modesta
Binomial name
Progne modesta
Gould, 1838

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

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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Progne modesta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22731986A182672786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22731986A182672786.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Swallows (family: Hirundinidae)
River martins (subfamily: Pseudochelidoninae · genus: Pseudochelidon)
Genus
Species
Pseudochelidon
All other swallows and martins (subfamily: Hirundininae)
Genus
Species
Psalidoprocne
(saw-wings)
Pseudhirundo
Cheramoeca
Phedina
Phedinopsis
Riparia
(sand martins)
Neophedina
Tachycineta
(tree swallows)
Progne
Orochelidon
Atticora
Pygochelidon
Stelgidopteryx
Alopochelidon
Hirundo
(barn swallows)
Ptyonoprogne
(crag martins)
Delichon
(house martins)
Cecropis
Petrochelidon
Cheramoeca
Taxon identifiers
Progne modesta


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