Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Passerimorphae > Order Passeriformes > Suborder Passeri > Superfamily Hirundinoidea > Family Hirundinidae > Genus Riparia

Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

RipariaForster, 1817accepted genus name

Species group names

Hirundo riparia Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: dallëndyshja e lumit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Брегова лястовица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: digesvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: oeverzwaluw
 English: sand martin sources: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.
 French: hirondelle de rivage sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Uferschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Οχθοχελίδονο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: כוכית כוכית גדות * sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: urvinė kregždė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: sandsvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: sandsvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: brzegówka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: береговая ласточка; ласточка-береговушка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: gabhlán gainimh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: breguljka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: avión zapador sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: backsvala sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kum kirlangici; kum kırlangıcı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Ластівка берегова sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwennol y glennydd

Literature

basis of record

Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225984

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/62eb2217-783d-44f7-8e8e-3b3accf673ea

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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