Pale Sand Martin

SCI Name:  Riparia diluta
Protonym:  Cotile diluta Monogr.Hirund. 1 p.[41],[63]
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Riparia
Taxonomy Code:  pasmar1
Type Locality:  Badan River near the Fortress of Chimkent.
Author:  Sharpe & Wyatt
Publish Year:  1893
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).

diluta
L. dilutus  weak, diluted, resolved  < diluere  to dissolve  < dis  separately, apart; luere  to make good.
● ex “Héoro-taire bleu” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (?syn. Zosterops lateralis).

SUBSPECIES

Pale Sand Martin (gavrilovi)
SCI Name: Riparia diluta gavrilovi
gavrilovi
Prof. Evgenii Ivanovich Gavrilov (fl. 2005) Russian ornithologist (subsp. Riparia diluta).

Pale Sand Martin (transbaykalica)
SCI Name: Riparia diluta transbaykalica
transbaicalica / transbaicalicus / transbaykalica
L. trans beyond; Lake Baikal, Siberia.

Pale Sand Martin (diluta)
SCI Name: Riparia diluta diluta
diluta
L. dilutus  weak, diluted, resolved  < diluere  to dissolve  < dis  separately, apart; luere  to make good.
● ex “Héoro-taire bleu” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (?syn. Zosterops lateralis).

Pale Sand Martin (indica)
SCI Name: Riparia diluta indica
indica
L. Indicus  Indian  < India  India.
● "92. COLUMBA.  ...  indica.  18. C. corpore purpureo, humeris viridibus, superciliis albis.  Columba alis viridibus. Edw. av. 14. t. 14.  Habitat in India orientali.  Pileus cærulescens. Remiges primores nigræ. Rectrices nigræ, sed laterales cinereæ. Flexura alarum nigra albo punctata." (Linnaeus 1758) (Chalcophaps).
● East Indies; ex “Bergeronnette grise des Indes” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Indian Wagtail” of Latham 1783 (Dendronanthus).
● Erroneous TL. Amboina (= Sangihe); ex “Indian Lori” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eos histrio).
● Erroneous TL. India (= Ethiopia); ex “Blue Promerops” of Latham 1787 (?syn. Phoeniculus somaliensis).
● East Indies; ex “Merula olivacea indica” of Brisson 1760, “Merle olive des grands Indes” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 564, fig. 1, and “Indian Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Pale Sand Martin (fohkienensis)
SCI Name: Riparia diluta fohkienensis
fohkienensis / fohkiensis / fokensis / fokienensis / fokiensis
Fokien Province, China.

Pale Sand Martin (tibetana)
SCI Name: Riparia diluta tibetana
tibetana / tibetanum / tibetanus
Tibet.
● ex “Paon du Thibet” of Brisson 1760, “Chinquis” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Thibet Peacock” of Latham 1783 (syn. Polyplectron bicalcaratum).