Pale Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne obsoleta (Cabanis, 1851)

Pale Crag Martin, Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, is a swallow in the Hirundinidae family that breeds in the Palearctic and in southern and northern Africa. It lives mainly in mountains, and also uses lower ground, especially rocky places and areas around towns. It is often away from water. This martin is a small bird with mostly brown plumage, paler on the upper breast and underwing coverts, and white panels on the tail when spread in flight. It was once treated as part of the rock martin group from southern Africa, but is smaller, paler and whiter-throated than that bird.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins

Breeding range

Palearctic, Africa: sc, also n Africa