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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Hirundinidae .
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Examples
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I suspect it is either some sort of sparrow or a swallow, perhaps a sand martin (bank swallow, Riparia riparia).
Archive 2009-06-01 AYDIN 2009
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A few great thick-knees (Esacus recurvirostris) are also present, as are river lapwings (Vanellus duvaucelii) and plain martins (Riparia paludicola).
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In birds there are 2 near-endemic bird species - the African river-martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina DD), and the Congo martin (Riparia congica).
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Some biome-restricted bird species present within the ecoregion include Congo black-bellied sunbird (Nectarinia congensis), African river martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina, DD) and the Congo martin (Riparia congica).
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Riparia and in the neighboring valleys of the Chisone and Pellice are the villages of the refugee Waldenses, who speak an idiom allied to the
Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography Ellen Churchill Semple 1897
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