๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Gray-throated Martin live?

Riparia chinensis has 146,386 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1861 to 2026. Most records come from Taiwan.

Gray-throated Martin
Gray-throated Martin โ€” (c) premchand, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) / CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesHirundinidaeRiparia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Taiwan 101,064
India 34,401
Nepal 6,291
China 1,348
Bangladesh 757
Pakistan 521
Thailand 488
Philippines 412
Myanmar 386
Cambodia 289
Laos 183
Vietnam 159
Bhutan 47
Kuwait 17
Oman 9
Hong Kong 4
Kazakhstan 4
Afghanistan 3
Israel 1
Iran 1
Seychelles 1

Related animals

Others in the family Hirundinidae.

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Barn Swallow
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Tree Swallow
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3,240,158 records
Common House-Martin
Common House-Martin
2,581,206 records
Bank Swallow
Bank Swallow
2,484,961 records
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
1,897,769 records
blue-and-white swallow
blue-and-white swallow
875,820 records
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
498,271 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.