Riparia

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Riparia
Riparia Riparia-2006-Ejdzej-1.jpg
Sand martin (Riparia riparia)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Subfamily: Hirundininae
Genus: Riparia
T. Forster, 1817
Species

R. paludicola
R. chinensis
R. congica
R. riparia
R. diluta

Riparia is a genus of passerine birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae.

These are small or medium-sized swallows, ranging from 11 to 17 cm (4.3 to 6.7 in) in length. They are brown above and mainly white below, and all have a dark breast band. They are closely associated with water. They nest in tunnels which are usually excavated by the birds themselves in a natural sand bank or earth mound. They lay white eggs, which are incubated by both parents, in a nest of straw, grass, and feathers in a chamber at the end of the burrow. Some species breed colonially.

The cosmopolitan sand martin is almost completely migratory, breeding across temperate Eurasia and North America and wintering in the tropics. The other species are partial migrants or resident. Riparia martins, like other swallows, take insects in flight over water, grassland, or other open country.

Taxonomy[]

The genus Riparia was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster in 1817 with the sand martin (Riparia riparia) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is from the Latin riparius which means "of the riverbank"; it is derived from the Latin ripa "riverbank".[3]

The genus contains five species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Plain Martin - Natal - South Africa S4E6445 (16978324252).jpg R. paludicola (Vieillot, 1817) brown-throated martin Africa
Grey-throated Martin and Streak-throated Swallow (30406451875).jpg R. chinensis (J.E. Gray, 1830) grey-throated martin Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Indian subcontinent to southern China, Taiwan, and the northern Philippines
R. congica (Reichenow, 1887) Congo martin Congo River and its tributary, the Ubangi.
Bank Swallow - Texas H8O5372 (16953712276).jpg R. riparia (Linnaeus, 1758) sand martin or bank swallow Breeding season: practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America.

Non-breeding: eastern and southern Africa, South America and the Indian Subcontinent

Riparia diluta.JPG R. diluta (Sharpe & Wyatt, 1893) pale martin or pale sand martin central Asia to southeastern China

The genus formerly included the banded martin but this species is now placed in its own genus Neophedina.[4]

Fossil record[]

  • Riparia minor (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Forster, T. (1817). A Synoptical Catalogue of British Birds; intended to identify the species mentioned by different names in several catalogues already extant. Forming a book of reference to Observations on British ornithology. London: Nichols, son, and Bentley. p. 17.
  2. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 95. |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 336. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Swallows". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ Kessler, E. (2013). Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. Hantkeniana. Budapest, 8:37-149.
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