The common house martin, sometimes called the northern house martin or, particularly in Europe, just house martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and across the Palearctic; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia. It feeds on insects which are caught in flight, and it migrates to climates where flying insects are plentiful. It has a blue head and upperparts, white rump and pure white underparts, and is found in both open country and near human habitation. It is similar in appearance to the two other martin species of the genus Delichon, which are both endemic to eastern and southern Asia. It has two accepted subspecies. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.192
Protonym:
Hirundo urbica
Avibase ID:
30FEC6BE132E1224
Avibase ID:
avibase-30FEC6BE
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/30FEC6BE
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 726115
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum or meridionale]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum or meridionale]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern House-Martin [Northern] ( Delichon urbicum [urbicum or meridionale]) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Common House-Martin (Western) ( Delichon urbicum urbicum/meridionale) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Common House-Martin (Western) ( Delichon urbicum urbicum/meridionale) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Common House-Martin (Western) ( Delichon urbicum urbicum/meridionale) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Common House-Martin (Western) ( Delichon urbicum urbicum/meridionale) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Common House-Martin (Western) ( Delichon urbicum urbicum/meridionale) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Common House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Common House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Common House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Common House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Delichon [urbicum or lagopodum]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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