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Cuban Martin
Progne cryptoleuca
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About the Cuban Martin
The Cuban martin (Progne cryptoleuca) is a large swallow endemic to Cuba. It is closely related to the Caribbean martin (P. dominicensis), which breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago, and the Sinaloa martin (P. sinaloae), which breeds in Mexico. It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the purple martin, Progne subis.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Progne cryptoleuca
- Family
- Swallows
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the swallows family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
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