Swallows, Martins

Caribbean Martin

Progne dominicensis

The Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis) is a 40 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Swallows, Martins

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

40 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

24

Recorded in Puerto Rico, GP, Dominican Rep., Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, MS, Saint Lucia, Haiti, Dominica, Antigua and Barb., St. Vin. and Gren., MQ, AW, VI, Jamaica, BQ, KN, Cuba, SX, AI, VG, KY, MF.

Where to see it: Lime Kiln Bay (Montserrat); Boisripeaux - Les Abymes (Guadeloupe); Cite Lumiere (Haiti); Old Road Bay (Montserrat); Fox's Bay (Montserrat).

Photo: (c) Matt Felperin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist