Sand martin
Riparia riparia
Synonyms: Береговушка
Family Hirundinidae. Order Passeriformes.
Photo: Rolf Tuinstra / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the collared sand martin or common sand martin, and in the Americas as the bank swallow, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae.
Traits
- Residency
- migratory
- Diet
- insects (in flight)
- Game species
- no
♪ Bird call
Recording: Pascal Christe
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Photographs
Naumann / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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