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Gray-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

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Field Notes

Description:

Adult gray-breasted martins have a forked tail and relatively broad wings. Adult males are a glossy blue-black with the grey-brown throat, breast and sides contrasting with the white lower underparts. Females are duller than the male.

Habitat:

Urban area

Notes:

This huge flock of birds was in an electric wire in a small town in the interior of Brazil

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Comments (1)
FredericoMartins
Obrigado Stu! pensei que era a sequencia mais logica, também fiquei boquiaberto da quantidade de andorinhas que tinha e não podia deixar passar!

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Birds of the World
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Brazilian Birds - Aves Brasileiras
Photographed
PublishedJune 27, 2014

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