Progne is a genus of passerine birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae. The species are found in the New World and all have "martin" in their common name.

Taxonomy: The genus Progne was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie for the purple martin. The genus name refers to Procne (), a Greek mythological queen who was turned into a swallow to save her from her husband Tereus. She had killed their son Itys to avenge the rape of her sister Philomela.

The genus contains nine species:

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px]]	Progne tapera	Brown-chested martin	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands
120px]]	Progne murphyi	Peruvian martin	Peru and far northern Chile
	Progne modesta	Galapagos martin	Galápagos Islands
120px]]	Progne subis	Purple martin	West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, to East Coast
120px]]	Progne elegans	Southern martin	Argentina and southern Bolivia
120px]]	Progne chalybea	Grey-breasted martin	Central and South America
	Progne sinaloae	Sinaloa martin	Mexico
	Progne cryptoleuca	Cuban martin	Cuba
120px]]	Progne dominicensis	Caribbean martin	Mainland Central and South America, Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago