Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Progne subis
Martín Purpúreo, Golondrina de Iglesias, Purple Martin
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Hirundinidae
Genus
Progne
Species
subis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Harris (1973) gave the first record as October 1964, and mentioned females or immatures recorded on various dates on Española(including two males at Española on 17 October 1972) and Santa Cruz.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Progne subis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5163. Accessed 4 April 2026.