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title: "Grey-throated Martin"
description: "Riparia chinensis — Birds. The grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin (Riparia chinensis) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/grey-throated-martin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grey-throated Martin

> Riparia chinensis — Birds. The grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin (Riparia chinensis) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.

- Scientific name: *Riparia chinensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers), `farm` (Farm), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1030
- Wikidata: [Q3136320](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3136320)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144786](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144786)

## Names

- en: Grey-throated Martin
- de: Graukehluferschwalbe
- es: Avión Paludícola Asiático
- fr: Hirondelle à gorge grise
- nl: Indische oeverzwaluw
- pl: Brzegówka szarogardła

## Countries with the most observations

TW (476), IN (159), NP (34), PK (17), CN (14), MM (8), TH (8), PH (6), BD (5)

## Summary

The grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin (Riparia chinensis) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
The grey-throated martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It is found from Tajikistan,  Afghanistan and Indian subcontinent to southern China, Taiwan, and the northern Philippines. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the plain martin, since renamed the brown-throated martin.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-throated_martin

## Photo

![Grey-throated Martin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-throated-martin/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49578109

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-throated-martin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).