Progne
Progne is a genus of birds. The genus name refers to Procne, a mythological girl who was turned into a swallow to save her from her husband. She had killed their son to avenge the rape of her sister.
Extant Species
Created by Friedrich Boie in 1826, the genus contains nine American swallows.| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Progne subis | Purple martin | West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, to East Coast | |
| Progne dominicensis | Caribbean martin | Mainland Central and South America, Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago | |
| Progne cryptoleuca | Cuban martin | Cuba | |
| Progne sinaloae | Sinaloa martin | Mexico | |
| Progne chalybea | Grey-breasted martin | Central and South America | |
| Progne modesta | Galapagos martin | Galápagos Islands | |
| Progne murphyi | Peruvian martin | Peru and far northern Chile | |
| Progne elegans | Southern martin | Argentina and southern Bolivia | |
| Progne tapera | Brown-chested martin | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands |