Progne

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

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]

Extant Species

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

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

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

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[job-1] Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ITIS-2] "ITIS Report: Progne". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 December 2012.