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Plain Martin

Riparia paludicola

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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