Congo Martin

SCI Name:  Riparia congica
Protonym:  Cotile congica J.Orn. 35 p.300
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Riparia
Taxonomy Code:  conmar1
Type Locality:  Manyanga, between Vivi and Stanley Pool, lower Congo.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1887
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

RIPARIA
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ  Collared Sand Martin R. riparia) L. riparius  bank-nesting   < ripa   river-bank (cf. specific name Hirundo riparia Linnaeus, 1758); "129 HIRVNDO RIPARIA. Riparia Europaea?   Sand Martin, hirondelle des sables, Bank Martin, oiseaux de rivage ou hirondelles des rivières" (T. Forster 1817); "Riparia T. Forster, 1817, Synop. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 17 . Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Riparia europaea Forster = Hirundo riparia Linnaeus." (Peters 1960, IX, 95).
Var. Ripaira .
Synon. Cheimonornis, clivicola, Cotile, Cotyle.

riparia / riparium / riparius
L. riparius  bank-nesting  < ripa  river-bank.
● "101. HIRUNDO.  ...  riparia.  4. H. cinerea, gula abdominque albis. Fn. svec. 247.  Hirundo riparis s. Drepanis. Gesn. av. 656. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 8. Will. orn. 156. t. 39. Raj. av. 71. n. 3. Alb. av. 2. p. 52. t. 56. f. B. Frisch. av. t. 18. f. 2.  Habitat in Europæ collibus arenosis abruptis, foramine serpentino." (Linnaeus 1758) (Riparia).

congica / congicus / congo / congoensis
Congo or Belgian Congo / DR Congo.