Order
Passeriformes
Family
Hirundinidae
Genus
Progne
 
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SPECIES

Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis

Nathan R. Williams
Version: 1.0 — Published April 15, 2010

Diet and Foraging

Diet

The diet is little known in detail; most information is based on the contents of 12 martin stomachs (Wetmore 1916). Identifiable insect remains in this sample were:

Hymenoptera (primarily wasps); 33% of the total number of insects
Diptera (flies); 26% of the total number of insects
Heteropteran bugs (Pentatomidae); 24% of the total number of insects, present in 9 stomachs
Odonata (dragonflies); 8% of the total number of insects
Coleoptera (beetles); 8% of the total number of insects, present in 9 stomachs
Orthoptera (cricket, Tridactylidae); 1 individual

Wetmore (1916) also observed Caribbean Martins foraging on swarms of termites (Isoptera).

Foraging Behavior

Recommended Citation

Williams, N. R. (2010). Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.carmar1.01