Purple Martin
Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) (0, 1)
Photo © By Seabamirum from Ithaca - Purple Martins, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48541991
STATUS
North and central America. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
First for the Western Palearctic by a day, the second appearing on the Azores next day. A large hirundine, chunky looking and broad-winged with a long-headed profile in flight and a slow, strong flight should draw your attention.
BBRC RECORD
1). 2004 Outer Hebrides Butt of Lewis and Europie, Lewis, juvenile, 5th to 6th September, photo.
(Birding World 17 (9): 356, photo; S. P. Coyle, T. Grant & M. Witherall, Birding World 17 (9): 381-389, plates 1-7; Birding World 17 (12): 515, photo; British Birds 97: plate 327; S. P. Coyle, T. Grant & M. Witherall, Birding Scotland 7 (4): 199-202, plates 194-198; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 665, plates 429 & 430; BOURC (2006), Ibis 148: 198-201; S. P. Coyle, T. C. R. Grant & M. J. Witherall, British Birds 100: 143-148, plates 63-66; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photos).
