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Grey-breasted martin

Progne chalybea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

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The grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 41 g to 50 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea)
Photo: Cláudio Dias Timm from Rio Grande do Sul · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grey-breasted martin

Weight
41 g – 50 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the grey-breasted martin live?

Not recorded

What is the grey-breasted martin?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea) is a large swallow from Central and South America.

From the Wikipedia article “Grey-breasted martin” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey-breasted_martin&oldid=1381933816), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the grey-breasted martin sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the grey-breasted martin endangered?

The grey-breasted martin is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the grey-breasted martin classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusProgne
  7. SpeciesProgne chalybea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Hirundo chalybea

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Gray-breasted martinEnglish
  • Gray-breasted martinEnglish
  • خطاف ذو الصدر الرماديArabic
  • oreneta pitgrisaCatalan
  • jiřička neotropickáCzech
  • gwennol fronllwydWelsh
  • Gråbrystet SvaleDanish
  • GraubrustschwalbeGerman
  • grizbrusta hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina aceradaSpanish
  • Golondrina azul grandeSpanish
  • Golondrina de campanarioSpanish
  • Golondrina domésticaSpanish
  • Golondrina pechigrísSpanish
  • Golondrina Pecho GrisSpanish
  • Martín Pechigrís RSpanish
  • tuhk-türkiispääsukeEstonian
  • harmaasinipääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle chalybéeFrench
  • Mbyju'i ogareguaGuarani
  • sivoprsi piljakCroatian
  • szürkemellű bíborfecskeHungarian
  • Rondine pettogrigioItalian
  • ハイムネムラサキツバメJapanese
  • pilkakrūtė miškinė kregždėLithuanian
  • GrijsborstpurperzwaluwDutch
  • gråbrystsvaleNorwegian
  • jaskółczak szarogardłyPolish
  • andorinha-grandePortuguese
  • andorinha-de-peito-cinzentoPortuguese
  • Andorinha-doméstica-grandePortuguese
  • Серогрудая ласточкаRussian
  • Серогрудая лесная ласточкаRussian
  • lastovička sivoprsáSlovak
  • Sivogruda lastaSerbian
  • gråbröstad storsvalaSwedish
  • Gri Göğüslü KırlangıçTurkish
  • щурик сірогорлийUkrainian
  • 灰胸崖燕Chinese
  • 灰腰崖燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the grey-breasted martin

Other species in the same genus Progne.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grey-breasted martin?

An adult grey-breasted martin weighs 41 g – 50 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey-breasted martin endangered?

The grey-breasted martin is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the grey-breasted martin?

The grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-breasted-martin

MLA

“Grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-breasted-martin.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_breasted_martin_2026,
  title = {Grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-breasted-martin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}