Sand Martin
Riparia riparia - Hirondelle de rivage
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Riparia
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Species:
riparia
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 12 cm
- Wingspan: 30 cm.
- Weight: 12 à 18 g
Longevity
8 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Riparia riparia riparia (North America, Europe to c Asia)
- Riparia riparia taczanowskii (s Siberia and c Mongolia to e Siberia)
- Riparia riparia ijimae (Sakhalin I. Kuril Is. and Japan)
- Riparia riparia shelleyi (Egypt)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle de rivage,
- Avión zapador,
- andorinha-das-barreiras-comum,
- Uferschwalbe,
- partifecske,
- Oeverzwaluw,
- Topino,
- backsvala,
- Sandsvale,
- brehuľa hnedá,
- břehule říční,
- Digesvale,
- törmäpääsky,
- Europese Oewerswael,
- oreneta de ribera comuna,
- Bakkasvala,
- brzegówka (zwyczajna),
- krastu čurkste,
- breguljka,
- Береговушка,
- Layang-layang pasir,
- ショウドウツバメ,
- 崖沙燕,
- นกนางแอ่นทรายสร้อยคอดำ,
- 灰沙燕〔崖沙燕〕,
Habitat
Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetla
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes