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The 12 cm long brown-throated martin is brown above and white or pale brown below. It lacks the narrow brown band on the breast shown by the sand martin; the bill is black and the legs are brown. Sexes are similar, but the young have pale tips to the feathers on the rump and wings. The twittering song of the brown-throated martin is continuous when the birds are on the wing, and becomes a conversational undertone after they have settled in the roost. There is also a harsh alarm call.
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When to see the Brown-throated Martin
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown-throated Martin
The map shades 28 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Taiwan, India, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Togo.
About the Brown-throated Martin
The brown-throated martin, brown-throated sand martin or plain martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family, Hirundinidae, that is widely distributed across Africa. It was formerly regarded as conspecific with the grey-throated martin and the Madagascar martin.
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Easily confused with
Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensisThe grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
Pale MartinRiparia dilutaThe pale martin or pale sand martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
Congo MartinRiparia congicaThe 11 cm long Congo martin is light brown above with a slightly darker crown and wings.
Side by side: Brown-throated Martin vs Sand Martin
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