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- Banded_Martin abstract "The Banded Martin or Banded Sand Martin (Riparia cincta) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.The Banded Martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It breeds across Africa from Cameroon and Zaire to Ethiopia south to the Cape in South Africa, although it is absent from the driest regions of western South Africa and southern Namibia. The southern nominate subspecies of South Africa and Zimbabwe, is migratory, wintering further north, particularly in the west, where it can move sometimes as far as Gambia. R. c. xerica also leaves its drier breeding grounds in Botswana and northern Namibia in the southern winter. Other subspecies undertake local or altitudinal movements often dependent on the rainfall pattern.The Banded Martin, unlike the other members of its genus, is not colonial in its nesting habits. Its nest is at the end of a 60–90 cm long tunnel usually excavated by the birds in a natural sand bank or earth mound. The actual nest is a litter of straw and feathers in a chamber at the end of the burrow. Two to five white eggs are the normal clutch, and are incubated by both parents.The 15–17 cm long Banded Martin has earth-brown upper parts, except for a white stripe above the eye. Its underparts are white, as are the underwing coverts, and it has a dark brown breast band, and sometimes a thin dark line across the vent. Sexes are similar, but the young have a paler breast band and golden tips to the upper part feathers.It is the largest Riparia species It is easily distinguished from the smaller Sand Martin by its square tail and white on the underwings, and from the Brown-throated Sand Martin by its white throat. It is less gregarious than those species, and is typically seen in pairs or small flocks.There are a number of subspecies differing in size and the plumage tones of the upper parts or breast band. Nominate R. c. cincla of southern Africa is the palest form.This species has a slow erratic flight and frequently perches. Its diet consists of insects, usually taken in flight over grassland. The flight call is che-che-che, and the song is a twittering jumble of chip choop sounds.".
- Banded_Martin binomialAuthority Pieter_Boddaert.
- Banded_Martin class Bird.
- Banded_Martin conservationStatus "LC".
- Banded_Martin conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Banded_Martin family Swallow.
- Banded_Martin genus Riparia.
- Banded_Martin kingdom Animal.
- Banded_Martin order Passerine.
- Banded_Martin phylum Chordate.
- Banded_Martin thumbnail Riparia_cincta_1894.jpg?width=300.
- Banded_Martin wikiPageID "10176086".
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- Banded_Martin binomial "Riparia cincta".
- Banded_Martin classis Bird.
- Banded_Martin familia Swallow.
- Banded_Martin genus "Riparia".
- Banded_Martin hasPhotoCollection Banded_Martin.
- Banded_Martin name "Banded Martin".
- Banded_Martin ordo Passerine.
- Banded_Martin phylum Chordate.
- Banded_Martin regnum "Animalia".
- Banded_Martin species "R. cincta".
- Banded_Martin status "LC".
- Banded_Martin statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_Africa.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_Botswana.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_Cameroon.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_Ethiopia.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_Namibia.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_South_Africa.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_Zimbabwe.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Birds_of_the_Gambia.
- Banded_Martin subject Category:Riparia.
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- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfAfrica.
- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfBotswana.
- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfCameroon.
- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfEthiopia.
- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfNamibia.
- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfSouthAfrica.
- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfTheGambia.
- Banded_Martin type BirdsOfZimbabwe.
- Banded_Martin type Chordate101466257.
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- Banded_Martin type Bird.
- Banded_Martin type Eukaryote.
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- Banded_Martin comment "The Banded Martin or Banded Sand Martin (Riparia cincta) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.The Banded Martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It breeds across Africa from Cameroon and Zaire to Ethiopia south to the Cape in South Africa, although it is absent from the driest regions of western South Africa and southern Namibia.".
- Banded_Martin label "Banded Martin".
- Banded_Martin sameAs m.02q46tv.
- Banded_Martin sameAs Banded_Martin.
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- Banded_Martin depiction Riparia_cincta_1894.jpg.
- Banded_Martin isPrimaryTopicOf Banded_Martin.
- Banded_Martin name "Banded Martin".