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The Galapagos martin is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long. The sexes are dimorphic. Adult males have a glossy dark violaceous steel-blue body. Their wings and tail are black with a faint bluish or greenish sheen. Females have a mostly black head and upperparts with a sooty crown and rump and a strong violaceous steel-blue gloss on the back and scapulars. Their underparts are mostly dark sooty gray or grayish sooty with indistinct pale tips on the feathers. Both sexes have a brown iris, a black bill, and brownish black or dusky brown legs and feet. Voice: The Galapagos martin's most frequently heard vocalizations are "a short, warbling song, a twittering flight call cher-cher, and a high-pitched alarm call".
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When to see the Galapagos Martin
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Galapagos Martin
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Galapagos Martin
The Galapagos martin is an Endangered species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
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Easily confused with
Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiThe Peruvian martin is 16.5 to 17 cm (6.5 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 30 to 37 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz).
Sinaloa MartinProgne sinaloaeThe Sinaloa martin is 17 to 18.5 cm (6.7 to 7.3 in) long; three individuals weighed between 42 and 43.7 g (1.5 and 1.5 oz).
Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleucaAdult Cuban martins are 18.5 cm in length, with a forked tail and relatively broad wings, and weigh 40 g.
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