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Grey-breasted Martin
Progne chalybea · Family Hirundinidae
Progne chalybea
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 469,937
- Countries and territories with records
- 26
About this species
This species has 469,937 occurrence records from 26 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (18.6%), Panama (15%), Costa Rica (12.9%), Argentina (10.3%) and Colombia (7%); together they account for 63.9% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 0.37% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Progne chalybea combines the genus name Progne with the species epithet chalybea. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Progne; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Progne subis, Progne tapera and Progne elegans.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 78.3% of the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.