Sand martin

Sand martin / Bank swallow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Riparia
Species:
R. riparia
Binomial name
Riparia riparia
Subspecies
  • R. r. dolgushini
  • R. r. eilata
  • R. r. ijimae
  • R. r. innominata
  • R. r. kolymensis
  • R. r. riparia
  • R. r. shelleyi
  • R. r. taczanowskii
Range of R. riparia
  Breeding
  Migration
  Nonbreeding
Synonyms
  • Hirundo riparia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Riparia diluta (but see text)
  • Cotile riparia (Linnaeus)[2]

The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries and across the Palearctic to the Pacific Ocean. It is a Holarctic species also found in North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America, and the Indian Subcontinent.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Riparia riparia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T103815961A155536007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T103815961A155536007.en. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ For Cotile riparia see for instance Bonhote, J. Lewis (1907). Birds of Britain. illustrated by H. E. Dresser. London: Adam and Charles Black. pp. 113/4. OCLC 1451688.