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Grey-throated Martin
Riparia chinensis · Family Hirundinidae
Riparia chinensis
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 146,712
- Countries and territories with records
- 23
About this species
This species has 146,712 occurrence records from 23 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (69%), India (23.5%) and Nepal (4.3%); together they account for 96.8% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.48% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Riparia chinensis combines the genus name Riparia with the species epithet chinensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Riparia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Riparia riparia, Riparia paludicola and Riparia diluta.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 28th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 24.5% of the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.