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[[Image:2007_12_11_Banded_Martin_AManson_Bergville.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Alan+Manson|Alan Manson}}<br />Bergville District, [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[South Africa]]]] | [[Image:2007_12_11_Banded_Martin_AManson_Bergville.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Alan+Manson|Alan Manson}}<br />Bergville District, [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[South Africa]]]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:55, 16 September 2022
- Neophedina cincta
Riparia cincta
Identification
Length 17-18 cm, mass 26 g. A large Martin with a square tail.
Adult: Upper parts brown; a short (diagnostic) white eyebrow extends from the bill to above the eye. The under parts are white except for a broad brown breast band, a narrow brown line accross the vent (sometimes absent), and a brown undertail.
Juvenile: Similar to the adult but scaled buff above; eyebrow less prominent.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa; an intra-African migrant.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Riparia cincta has five subspecies:
- R. c. erlangeri:
- R. c. suahelica:
- Southern South Sudan to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, western Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and western Mozambique
- R. c. parvula:
- R. c. xerica:
- R. c. cincta:
- Zimbabwe and KwaZulu-Natal to Cape Province
Habitat
Grasslands, shrublands and wetlands.
Behaviour
Usually seen singly or in pairs, but roosts communally.
Diet
Forages for insects in slow, floating flight over grassland; attracted to grassland fires and grazing animals.
Breeding
Nests in a chamber at the end of a burrow (45-60 cm long) excavated in a bank. Two to four eggs are laid August to March. Parasitised by Greater Honeyguide.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Banded Martin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Banded_Martin
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
