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Sand martin
| Sand martin / Bank swallow | |
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| Sand martin at its nest hole, Brittany, France | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Riparia |
| Species: | R. riparia
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| Binomial name | |
| Riparia riparia | |
| Subspecies | |
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Four; see text | |
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| Range of R. riparia
Breeding Migration Nonbreeding
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| Synonyms | |
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The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as collared sand martin or common sand martin, and in the Americas as the bank swallow, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole Holarctic area, from Europe, across Asia to the Pacific Ocean, and throughout North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, southern Asia, and South America.
- ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Riparia riparia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T103815961A155536007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T103815961A155536007.en. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ For Cotile riparia see for instance Bonhote, J. Lewis (1907). Birds of Britain. illustrated by H. E. Dresser. London: Adam and Charles Black. pp. 113/4. OCLC 1451688.
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