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Purple Martin
Progne subis · Family Hirundinidae
Progne subis
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,197,494
- Countries and territories with records
- 45
About this species
This species has 2,197,494 occurrence records from 45 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (88.4%) and Canada (10.2%); together they account for 98.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Progne subis combines the genus name Progne with the species epithet subis. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Progne; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Progne chalybea, Progne tapera and Progne elegans.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 3.7 times the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.