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
Citación:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Referencia:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.192
Protónimo:
Hirundo urbica
localidad tipo:
Europe = Sweden.
Enlace:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/212/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
30FEC6BE132E1224
Avibase ID:
avibase-30FEC6BE
Enlace corto:
https://avibase.ca/30FEC6BE
Número de serie taxonómico:
TSN: 726115
Rango geográfico:
Autoridades que reconocen el concepto taxonómico:
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): 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]) |
| Avilist 2025: Western House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| 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] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Northern House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Western 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] |
| eBird version 2023: Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Western House-Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [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] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Common House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Western House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Western House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Western House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Western House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Western House Martin ( Delichon urbicum) [version 1] |
Situación Taxonómica:
Estatus de la especie: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
Este taxón está considerado como una subespecie de
Delichon [urbicum or lagopodum]
(sensu lato) por algunos autores
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Otros sinónimos
Consulte también la tabla sinónimos taxonómicos.
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