Purple Martin

Subspecies (3)

• Progne subis arboricola

  breeds mountains of western North America; some winter to northwestern Brazil

• Progne subis hesperia

  breeds southwestern Arizona to northwestern Mexico (Sonora), southern Baja California, including Isla Tiburón (Gulf of California); probably winters in South America

• Progne subis subis

  breeds southern Canada to highlands of central Mexico; winters to Brazil