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Cuban Martin
Progne cryptoleuca Baird, SF, 1865
Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
Cuban Martin, Progne cryptoleuca, is a swallow of Cuba in North America, with non-breeding records from South America. It was described by Baird, SF, 1865, and belongs to the family Hirundinidae. Endemic to Cuba and Isla de la Juventud, it is a close relative of the Caribbean martin and the Sinaloa martin, and has also been treated as part of the Purple martin. Adults have a forked tail and broad wings. Males are glossy blue-black with white below, while females and young are duller, with grey-brown on the breast and flanks and white lower underparts.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
- Breeding range
- North America: Cuba
- Nonbreeding range
- South America?
