purple martin

English

A purple martin.

Noun

purple martin (plural purple martins)

1. The largest North American swallow, Progne subis.
   • 1831, James Rennie, The Architecture of Birds‎^[1], page 343:

     This practice of harbouring and protecting the purple martin does not appear to be of European origin, as the aboriginal Americans had adopted a similar practice from time immemorial.

   • 1871, Samuel Orchart Beeton, Beeton's Dictionary of natural history‎^[2], page 193:

     The American purple martin (Progne purpurea) is a visitor to North America, where it arrives in February at New Orleans, and Boston towards the end of April.

   • 2013, Bill Thompson, Southern Birds: Backyard Guide‎^[3]:

     Female and young purple martins are gray and black with some blue on the back.

Translations

bird

• Cherokee: ᏡᏡ (tlutlu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫崖燕 (zǐyáyàn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: purperzwaluw (nl) f
• Finnish: sinipääsky (fi)
• German: Purpurschwalbe (de) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: пурпу́рная лесна́я ла́сточка f (purpúrnaja lesnája lástočka)
• Spanish: golondrina purpúrea f

References

• purple martin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Progne subis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Progne subis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons