Grey-throated Martin

Riparia chinensis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandCavity nestTiny · 10 g

When to see the Grey-throated Martin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-throated Martin

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 15 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Hong Kong SAR China.

About the Grey-throated Martin

The grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.

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Easily confused with

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