Purple Martins
Swallows
The Purple Martin (Progne subis) are typically found across eastern North America, and also in some locations on the west coast from British Columbia to Mexico.
Purple martin Progne subis
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Length: 7 inches
Tiny bill
Largest swallow
Most often seen flying
Will nest communally at martin houses in residential and agricultural areas ...
Purple Martin
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Purple Martin
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The Purple Martin (Progne subis) has often been described as America's most loved bird. Purple Martins are members of the swallow family and are aerial foragers.
Purple Martin Behaviour
No observations regarding Purple Martin behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Purple Martins ...
Purple Martin
(Progne subis)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
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A Beginners Guide to North American Purple Martins ...
THE PURPLE MARTIN.
[Purple Martin.]
HIRUNDO PURPUREA, Linn.
[Progne subis.] ...
The Purple Martin ( Progne subis) is North America's largest swallow at 8 inches. The male is a dark, shiny grey blue, the female is a dull blue grey with lighter grey below. The body is slender, wings long and the tail forked.
Of our summer birds that return regularly in spring to their favoured nesting grounds, regrettably the Purple Martin is among the rarest.
"Purple Martins" by Carl Sandburg
"Purple Martins" first appeared in print in Carl Sandburg's 1920 collection of poems, Smoke and Steel, ...
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) ...
Purple Martins and Tree Swallows feed primarily on flying insects. Purple Martins are cavity nesters and will nest in gourds and elaborate martin houses as well as nest boxes. Both prefer open areas near water.
Purple Martin Progne subis. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and early fall in inland regions. In Gulf Coast region, common in spring, summer, and fall, occasional in midwinter, and uncommon in late winter.
The Purple Martin is not listed as requiring special conservation attention in any portion of its southeastern range. Two non-native species, the House Sparrow and the European Starling, commonly compete with the Purple Martin for nesting sites.
The Ashy Storm-Petrel, as the name implies, is an entirely gray seabird roughly the size of a Purple Martin, with a forked tail.
Today's more unusual birds were 2 GREAT CORMORANTS on Outer Brewster and Wayne
picked up a PURPLE MARTIN off Deer Island!
Bob Stymeist
Arlington ...
Starlings will also sometimes drive off native birds, including the bluebirds (Sialia spp.), the Purple Martin (Progne subis), Tree Swallows (Iridoprocne bicolor), and some
of the smaller species of woodpecker.
birds, such as eastern phoebes (Sayornis phoebe), eastern wood-pewees (Cantopus virens), eastern kingbirds (Tyrannus tyrannus), tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), southern rough-winged swallows (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis), and purple martins ...
In North America, the common American barn swallow is still blue above and pinkish beneath, with a rusty for head and deeply forked tail. The purple martin has a deep violet with black wings and tail.
The purple martin, Progne subis, is deep violet with black wings and tail.
So that leaves us with 7 species, which include Purple Martin, Northern Rough-winged, Bank, Violet-green, Tree, Cliff and Barn Swallows. There are some locations in Marin (e.g. Las Gallinas ponds) where you can see 5 swallow species in one day.
on constructing nest boxes for bluebirds, robins, chickadees, nuthatches, titmice,
brown creepers, prothonotary warblers, wrens, tree and violet-green swallows, barn swallows,
phoebes, purple martins, flycatchers, woodpeckers, owls, and other birds.
In excavating its saguaro nest cavity, the Gila woodpecker provides quarters for uninvited guests such the “American Kestrel, Elf Owl, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Western Screech Owl, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Purple Martin, Cactus Wren, lizards, ...
 See also: Purple, Martin, Swallow, Bluebird, Tree Swallow
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