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male at Galera Point, Trinidad, 9 April 1999. Photos © by Floyd Hayes.
Second record and first confirmed record for Trinidad. Note the dark throat
and breast contrasting sharply with the white belly and vent; in the
slightly smaller Gray-breasted Martin (P. chalybea),
which is resident in Trinidad, the dark throat and sides merge
gradually into the whiter belly. For further information on
identification, click here.
This species was first found in Trinidad at Galera Point on 14 April
1999, when William Murphy, Floyd Hayes, and Carol Ramjohn found a male, which was present until 15 April 1999. The male photographed above was
present at Galera Point 9 April-27 May 1999. Two males were
present at Galera Point 11 February-7 April 2001. These birds
appear to be vagrants from Tobago, where a resident population exists,
rather than migrants from the Lesser Antilles. For further details on
these records see: Murphy, W. L., and F. E. Hayes. 2001. First records
of Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis) for Trinidad, with comments on its supposed migration to South America. El Pitirre 14:61-62. [abstract / resumen]
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