Madagascar Martin
Riparia cowani(Sharpe, RB, 1882)
English (US) Madagascar Martin
The Madagascar Martin (Riparia cowani) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Hirundinidae (Swallows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Riparia cowani
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Madagascar Martin
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1882)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cotile Cowani
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1882)
- Type locality
- Ankafana Forest, Betsileo, Madagascar.
- Original description
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology 2 p.322
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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