Plain Martin

SCI Name:  Riparia paludicola
Protonym:  Hirundo paludicola Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 14 p.511
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Riparia
Taxonomy Code:  plamar1
Type Locality:  South Africa, ex Levaillant, Ois, d''Afr. pi. 246, fig. 2.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1817
IUCN Status:  

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).

paludicola
L. paludicola  marsh-dweller  < palus, paludis  swamp; -cola  dweller  < colere  to inhabit.
● ex “Hirondelle des Marais” or “Brunette” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 246, fig. 2 (Riparia).

Paludicola
(syn. Hydrornis Ϯ Blue-naped Pitta H. nipalensis) L. paludicola   marsh-dweller  < palus, paludis  swamp; -cola  -dweller  < colere  to inhabit; "Paludicola, nobis.  Syimya of the Nipalese,  ,,,  They feed principally in swamps and rills, upon the hard insects proper to such sites.  ...  Species new. Paludicola Nipalensis, nobis." (Hodgson 1837).

SUBSPECIES

Plain Martin (African)
SCI Name: Riparia paludicola [paludicola Group]
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.

Plain Martin (Madagascar)
SCI Name: Riparia paludicola cowani
cowani
Revd. William Deans Cowan (1844-?1923) Scottish missionary, naturalist in Madagascar 1874-1881 (Riparia).