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Sand Martins, Plain Martins, and Allies
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Sand Martins, Plain Martins, and Allies

Riparia

Riparia is a small genus of passerine birds in the swallow family. The genus means "of the riverbank"; it is derived from the Latin ripa "riverbank".

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Bank Swallow

speciesRiparia riparia

Brown-throated Martin

speciesRiparia paludicola

Grey-throated Martin

speciesRiparia chinensis

Pale Martin

speciesRiparia diluta

Madagascar Martin

speciesRiparia cowani

Congo Martin

speciesRiparia congica

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sand Martins, Plain Martins, and Allies in Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.586

Sand Martins, Plain Martins, and Allies in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 5)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 5)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.140

Sand Martins, Plain Martins, and Allies in Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.663

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 11940.