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| Progne subis ( Linnaeus, 1766) |
The Purple Martin, Progne subis, is the largest North American swallow at 20 cm length. Adults have a forked tail.
Adult males are a glossy dark purple, and adult females are dark on top with some purple on the back, and lighter underparts. Juveniles are greyish-brown above and whitish below, gaining some purple feathers by their first winter.
Their breeding habitat is open areas across eastern North America, and also some locations on the west coast from British Columbia to Mexico. This species typically breeds in colonies.
The eastern nominate race nests exclusively in man-made bird houses, of which about a million are provided. It is the only bird totally dependent on humans for nest sites.
The paler subspecies P. s.hesperia of Arizona and western Mexico uses only woodpecker holes in Saguaro and other large cactiThis article is about the desert plant. For the Texas town, see Cactus, Texas. Many, see text A cactus (plural, cacti or cactuses) is a type of (usually) succulent plant belonging to the dicotyledonous flowering plant family, Cactaceae . The Cactaceae has, and the large pale west coast form P. s.arboricola utilises woodpecker and other natural cavities as well as nesting boxes and gourds.
The Purple Martin migratesLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he to the AmazonThe Amazon River (occasionally River Amazon Spanish: Rio Amazonas of South America is one of the two longest rivers on Earth, the Nile River of Africa being the other. It has by far the greatest total flow of any river, carrying approximately 56 times as basin in winter. The first record of this species in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se was a single bird on LewisVisit and Contribute to the. This article is about Lewis in Scotland. For other uses of the name, see Lewis (disambiguation). Lewis ( Scottish Gaelic: Leodhais is the northern part of the main island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Its main settlement,, ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p on 5-6 September 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, and the second was on the Azores on 6th September 2004.
These birds hunt for insects in flight, although sometimes they will pick up insects off the ground. They usually fly relatively high, so, contrary to popular opinion, mosquitos do not form a large part of their diet.
The call is a gurgly tchew-tchew.
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