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Sand Martin
Riparia riparia · Family Hirundinidae
Riparia riparia
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,494,970
- Countries and territories with records
- 210
About this species
This species has 2,494,970 occurrence records from 210 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (29.2%), Canada (9.5%), Spain (8.8%), Sweden (7.8%) and the United Kingdom (7.8%); together they account for 63.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.065% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Riparia riparia combines the genus name Riparia with the species epithet riparia. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Riparia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Riparia paludicola, Riparia chinensis and Riparia diluta.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 4.2 times the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.