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UrbanCavity nestSmall · 40 g
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Adult Caribbean martins are 18.5 cm in length, with a forked tail and relatively broad wings, and weigh 40 g. Adult males are a glossy blue-black with contrasting white lower underparts. Females and juveniles are duller than the male, with grey-brown breast and flanks and white lower underparts.
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When to see the Caribbean Martin
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Caribbean Martin
The map shades 28 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia, Venezuela, Bermuda, Guyana, Brazil.
About the Caribbean Martin
The Caribbean martin or white-bellied martin is a large swallow.
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Easily confused with
Southern MartinProgne elegansThe southern martin is 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) long.
Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleucaAdult Cuban martins are 18.5 cm in length, with a forked tail and relatively broad wings, and weigh 40 g.
Galapagos MartinProgne modestaThe Galapagos martin is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long.
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