Progne

Progne is a genus of birds. The genus name refers to Procne (Πρόκνη), a mythological girl who was turned into a swallow to save her from her husband. She had killed their son to avenge the rape of her sister.[1]

Progne
Male Purple martin (Progne subis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Subfamily:	Hirundininae
Genus:	Progne F. Boie, 1826
Species
9, See text

Extant Species

Created by Friedrich Boie in 1826, the genus contains nine American swallows.[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Progne subis	Purple martin	West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, to East Coast
	Progne dominicensis	Caribbean martin	Mainland Central and South America, Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago
	Progne cryptoleuca	Cuban martin	Cuba
	Progne sinaloae	Sinaloa martin	Mexico
	Progne chalybea	Grey-breasted martin	Central and South America
	Progne modesta	Galapagos martin	Galápagos Islands
	Progne murphyi	Peruvian martin	Peru and far northern Chile
	Progne elegans	Southern martin	Argentina and southern Bolivia
	Progne tapera	Brown-chested martin	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands

References

1. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
2. "ITIS Report: Progne". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 December 2012.