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title: "Braunbrustschwalbe"
description: "Progne tapera — Vögel. The brown-chested martin (Progne tapera) is a species of passerine bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/brown-chested-martin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Braunbrustschwalbe

> Progne tapera — Vögel. The brown-chested martin (Progne tapera) is a species of passerine bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins.

- Scientific name: *Progne tapera*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6632
- Wikidata: [Q2667801](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2667801)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11870](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11870)

## Names

- en: Brown-chested Martin
- de: Braunbrustschwalbe
- es: Golondrina parda
- fr: Hirondelle tapère
- nl: Bruinborstpurperzwaluw
- pt: Andorinha-do-campo
- pl: Jaskółczak brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3560), BR (1672), UY (258), CO (131), BO (115), PE (89), EC (54), PY (46), GF (36), VE (11), SR (10), GY (7)

## Summary

The brown-chested martin (Progne tapera) is a species of passerine bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found regularly in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile. It has been documented as a vagrant in Aruba and Chile and there are unconfirmed reports from the Falkland Islands. It is a casual visitor to Costa Rica and has been recorded in Florida, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-chested_martin

## Photo

![Braunbrustschwalbe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-chested-martin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318989988

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-chested-martin?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).