Brown-chested martin

Progne tapera

The brown-chested martin is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and is a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands.
Brown-chested Martin Sitting on the wire at Southwild Pantanal Lodge Brown-chested martin,Mato Grosso,Pantanal,Progne tapera,Southwild Pantanal Lodge

Behavior

It usually swoops at low heights, showing white on the sides of its tail, with wings bowed. It may dig burrows into banks to nest or sometimes use old hornero nests.

Habitat

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

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyHirundinidae
GenusProgne
SpeciesP. tapera
Photographed in
Brazil