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Riparia  T. Forster, 1817
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178435

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Biblis R. P. Lesson, 1837
  
    Cotile F. Boie, 1822
  
    Cotyle F. Boie, 1822
  
    Cheimonornis Roberts, 1922
  
    Clivicola T. Forster, 1817
  
    Martula C. T. Wood, 1836
  
  Common Name(s): Bank Swallows [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyHirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815 – Swallows  
                               GenusRiparia T. Forster, 1817 – Bank Swallows  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Riparia chinensis (J. E. Gray, 1830) – Grey-throated Martin, Hirondelle à gorge grise, andorinha-dos-charcos-asiática, andorinha-de-garganta-cinzenta, Avión paludícola asiático 
                                  Species Riparia congica (Reichenow, 1888) – Hirondelle du Congo, andorinha-das-barreiras-do-congo, andorinha-congolesa, Avión del Congo, Congo Martin 
                                  Species Riparia cowani (Sharpe, 1882) – Madagascar Martin, Hirondelle de Madagascar, Avión paludícola malgache 
                                  Species Riparia diluta (Sharpe & Wyatt, 1893) – Pale Martin, Hirondelle pâle, andorinha-das-barreiras-pálida, andorinha-pálida, Avión pálido 
                                  Species Riparia paludicola (Vieillot, 1817) – Hirondelle paludicole, andorinha-dos-charcos-africana, andorinha-dos-charcos, Avión paludícola africano, Brown-throated Martin 
                                  Species Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758) – Hirondelle de rivage, andorinha-das-barreiras-comum, andorinha-das-barreiras, Avión zapador, Golondrina ribereña, Sand Martin 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Riparia    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Riparia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Riparia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Riparia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Riparia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Forster, Thomas  
  Publication Date: 1817   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Synoptical Catalogue of British birds; intended to identify the species mentioned by different names in several catalogues already extant   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Nichols, Son, and Bentley   
  Publication Place: London, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: iv + 64   
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13330953   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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