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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Taxobox
{{speciesbox
| name = Grey-throated martin
| name = Grey-throated martin
| image = Grey-throated Martin imported from iNaturalist photo 215134303 on 20 June 2024.jpg
| image = Riparia chinensis 1894.jpg
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = BirdLife International | title = ''Riparia chinensis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2016 | page = e.T103815539A104326369 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/103815539/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815539A104326369.en | access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = BirdLife International | title = ''Riparia chinensis'' | page = e.T103815539A104326369 | date = 2016 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815539A104326369.en | access-date = 28 March 2022}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Riparia
| species = chinensis
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| authority = ([[John Edward Gray|J. E. Gray]], 1830)
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[passerine|Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[swallow|Hirundinidae]]
| genus = ''[[Riparia]]''
| species = '''''R. chinensis'''''
| binomial = ''Riparia chinensis''
| binomial_authority = ([[John Edward Gray|J. E. Gray]], 1830)
}}
}}


The '''grey-throated martin''' or '''Asian plain martin'''<ref name=IUCN/> (''Riparia chinensis'') is a small passerine bird in the ''swallow'' family.
The '''grey-throated martin''' or '''Asian plain martin'''<ref name=IUCN/> ('''''Riparia chinensis''''') is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.


The grey-throated martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It is found from [[Tajikistan]], Afghanistan and [[Indian subcontinent]] to southern [[China]], [[Taiwan]], and the northern [[Philippines]].<ref name=IUCN/> It was formerly considered a subspecies of the "plain martin", since renamed the [[brown-throated martin]].
The grey-throated martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It is found from [[Tajikistan]], Afghanistan and [[Indian subcontinent]] to southern [[China]], [[Taiwan]], and the northern [[Philippines]].<ref name=IUCN/> It was formerly considered a subspecies of the plain martin, since renamed the [[brown-throated martin]].


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton. 2005. ''Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide''. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona.
*Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton (2005). ''Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide''. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona.


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Latest revision as of 19:39, 20 June 2024

Grey-throated martin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Riparia
Species:
R. chinensis
Binomial name
Riparia chinensis
(J. E. Gray, 1830)

The grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin[1] (Riparia chinensis) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.

The grey-throated martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It is found from Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Indian subcontinent to southern China, Taiwan, and the northern Philippines.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the plain martin, since renamed the brown-throated martin.

References

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  1. ^ a b c BirdLife International (2016). "Riparia chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103815539A104326369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815539A104326369.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  • Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton (2005). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona.