Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Swallows :: Bank Swallow

Bank Swallow Riparia riparia

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Sand Martin, Common Sand-Martin, European Sand-Martin, Collared Sand-Martin, Gorgeted Sand-Martin, Eastern Sand-Martin
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - May 19, 2006 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - May 19, 2006 © William Hull  Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA - Jul 20, 2002 © Glen Tepke  England - Date unknown © Andy Bright  England - Date unknown © Andy Bright 
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Range

Almost worldwide distribution;
(1) North America in w. and c. Alaska to Canada s. from c. Yukon, nw. and sc. Mackenzie, n. Saskatchewan to s. Labrador and sw. Newfoundland s. to s. Alaska and w. to the Aleutians and in the contiguous United States to c. California, w. Nevada, n. Utah, Colorada, n. and c. New Mexico, ne. Oklahoma, Arkansas, n. Alabama, Tennessee, c. West Virginia, e. Virginia and locally s. in nw. North Carolina, sc. South Carolina, sc. Texas, and ne. Mexico (n. Tamualipas and Nuevo Leon). Europe in Ireland, Britain to n. Scandinavia e. across n. Russia to Siberia to about the Kolyma River (Anadyrland) and Kamchatka and s. to the n. Mediterranean basin including Sicily, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, sw. Iran, sw. Russia (Transcaucasus) and c. Asia. Breeding has been recorded in nw. Africa.
Winters s. from Panama to South America (Brazil (Bahia)) and Africa s. to South Africa.
(2) Se. Kazakhstan.
Winters in either Africa or in sw. or s. Asia.
(3) C. Asia in the Lake Baikal region, c. Mongolia e. to ne. China (n. Manchuria, Heilungkiang, Kirin), Sakhalin Is., Kuril Is., and n. Japan (Hokkaido). May breed in ne. India (Assam).
Winters in se. Asia (Burma and Thailand) rarely including Borneo and the Philippines.
(4) Ne. Egypt in the Nile Valley.
Winters s. to Eritrea and Sudan.
(5) Breeeing range unknown.
Migrates through Israel.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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