---
title: "Oeverzwaluw"
description: "Riparia riparia — Vogels. The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the collared sand martin or common sand martin, and in the Americas as the bank swallow, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bank-swallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oeverzwaluw

> Riparia riparia — Vogels. The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the collared sand martin or common sand martin, and in the Americas as the bank swallow, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae.

- Scientific name: *Riparia riparia*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 27818
- Wikidata: [Q25909](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25909)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11941](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11941)

## Names

- en: Bank Swallow
- de: Uferschwalbe
- es: Golondrina ribereña
- fr: Hirondelle de rivage
- nl: Oeverzwaluw
- pt: Andorinha-das-barreiras
- pl: Brzegówka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (6999), US (4417), CA (2485), GB (1942), DE (927), FR (766), PT (517), ES (473), UA (386), NL (320), IT (307), DK (288)

## Summary

The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the collared sand martin or common sand martin, and in the Americas as the bank swallow, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole Holarctic area, from Europe, across Asia to the Pacific Ocean, and throughout North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, southern Asia, and South America.

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

## Photo

![Oeverzwaluw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bank-swallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137188549

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bank-swallow?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).