-
1. Purple martin - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_martin
Description: WEBThe purple martin (Progne subis) is a passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is the largest swallow in North America. Despite its name, the purple martin is not truly purple.
-
2. Purple Martin Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Martin/overview
Description: WEBIn the East, dark, glossy-blue males and brown females will peer from the entrances and chirp from the rooftops all summer. In the West, martins mainly still nest the old-fashioned way—in woodpecker holes. Our largest swallows, Purple Martins perform aerial acrobatics to snap up flying insects.
-
3. Purple Martin
Link: https://www.purplemartin.org/
Description: WEBPurple Martin Conservation Association is the leading organization dedicated to the study, conservation, and enjoyment of purple martins. Visit their website to learn more about these fascinating birds, their history, their threats, and their needs. You can also find resources, events, and opportunities to get involved and support their mission.
-
4. Purple Martin | Audubon Field Guide
Link: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/purple-martin
Description: WEBAt a Glance. Graceful in flight, musical in its pre-dawn singing, this big swallow is one of our most popular birds. Almost all Purple Martins in the east now nest in birdhouses put up especially for them.
-
5. Purple Martin Identification - All About Birds
Link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Martin/id
Description: WEBPurple Martins are very large, broad-chested swallows. They have stout, slightly hooked bills, short, forked tails, and long, tapered wings.
-
6. Purple Martin Life History - All About Birds
Link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Martin/lifehistory
Description: WEBPurple Martins forage over towns, cities, parks, open fields, dunes, streams, wet meadows, beaver ponds, and other open areas. In eastern North America they used to breed along forest edges and rivers, where dead snags offered woodpecker holes to nest in.
-
7. Purple Martin - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting …
Link: https://animals.net/purple-martin/
Description: WEBPurple Martins are one of the largest species of swallow in the world. Despite this, adults are still just eight inches long, but that is twice the size of the smallest swallow species! Despite their name, these birds are really more of a blue color, with perhaps an iridescent sheen of purple to their plumage.
-
8. Purple Martin - American Bird Conservancy
Link: https://abcbirds.org/bird/purple-martin/
Description: WEBAt a Glance. Scientific Name:Progne subis. Population: 7 million. Trend: Decreasing. Habitat: Breeds in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico; winters in South America. The Purple Martin, North America's largest swallow, is a swift and skilled flyer: The birds eat, drink, and even bathe on the wing.
-
9. Purple Martin | National Geographic
Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/purple-martin
Description: WEBThe purple martin is the largest swallow in North America. Males are all dark, glossy blue-black; females and immatures duller above and grayish below. The purple martin is an extremely...
-
10. Purple Martin - eBird
Link: https://ebird.org/species/purmar
Description: WEBLarge, dark swallow. Distinctive north of Mexico, where it is the largest swallow. Adult males are dark overall with a purplish-blue iridescence visible at close range. Females are grayer with iridescence on the crown and back, and variable splotchy patterning on the underparts.