Collared Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) or Bank Swallow
Sand Martin
English name : Collared Sand Martin | French : Hirondelle de rivage | Spanish: Avion Zapador | Latin: Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description: top and collar browm ; throat and underside white.
Size: 12-13 cm (HBW Alive) | 5'' in
Wingspan: 18-28 cm | 7-11" in.
Weight: 11-19.5 g (HBW Alive) | 0.39-0.69 Oz
Eggs: 3-7 whites ; 1.3 x 1.8 cm (F. J. Alsop)
Brooding: 14-16 days (F. J. Alsop), one to two broods per year | 2 weeks
Food: Insects and spiders (HBW Alive)
Habitat: lowlands, especially near water. (HBW Alive)
Distribution: global, except Greenland and Australia.
IUCN Status: LC | Least Concern (IUCN)
Population: Decreasing (IUCN)
Estimated extent of occurrence : 101 million km2 (101 000 000 sq km) (IUCN)
Number of individuals in the world: between 10 million (10 000 000) and 500 million (500 000 000) (IUCN)
Situation in North America : Common in spring, sometimes summer and fall; Absent in the winter. Migratory.
| Classification | Classification title (latin) | English |
| Kingdom | Animalia | Animals |
| Phylum | Chordata | Chordates |
| Class | Aves | Birds |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passerine |
| Family | Hirundinidae | Swallow |
| Genus | Riparia | |
| Species | Riparia riparia | Collared Sand Martin |
Click here to see the page of this species in french : Hirondelle de rivage
Sand Martins -- Broken Bone Lake, Benson, North Dakota, United States -- 25 July 2014 -- Mathieu L.
Sand Martins -- Estrie, Quebec, Canada -- 27 june 2012 -- DominicL
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