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sand martin

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Also known as: Riparia riparia, bank swallow

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The sand martin, or bank swallow (Riparia riparia), a 12-centimetre (5-inch) brown and white bird, breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere; it makes nest burrows in sandbanks. The house martin (Delichon urbica), blue-black above and white-rumped, is common in Europe. The African river martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina) of…
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