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ViewsCongo MartinFrom OpusAlternative name: Congo Sand Martin
[edit] Identification11 cm. Light brown upperparts, white underparts, light brown breast, darker brown crown and wings, dark eyeline, brown legs, black bill. Sexes similar. [edit] DistributionDemocratic Republic of the Congo. [edit] TaxonomyMonotypic. [edit] HabitatRivers near forests, sandbanks [edit] BehaviourIt is a colony nester. The birds excavate a tunnel in a river sandbank, about 1m above the water level; the nest is built at the end of the tunnel. The diet includes small insects. [edit] ReferencesWikipedia [edit] External Links
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