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Brown-throated Martin
Riparia paludicola · Family Hirundinidae
Riparia paludicola
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 267,635
- Countries and territories with records
- 49
About this species
This species has 267,635 occurrence records from 49 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (88.3%), Kenya (4.6%), Tanzania (1.1%) and Ethiopia (1%); together they account for 95.1% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.59% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Riparia paludicola combines the genus name Riparia with the species epithet paludicola. 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 chinensis and Riparia diluta.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 17th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 44.6% of the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.