Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Pale Sand Martin (Riparia diluta) - HBW 9, p. 648
French: Hirondelle pâle
German: Fahluferschwalbe
Spanish: Avión Pálido
Other common names: Pale Martin
Taxonomy: Cotile diluta Sharpe and Wyatt, 1893, Chimkent, north of Tashkent, Kazakhstan.
Forms a superspecies with R. paludicola, R. congica and R. riparia. Until recently considered conspecific with last, but differs morphologically and vocally, and found in separate breeding colonies in wide area of sympatry (full extent of which not yet clear). Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gavrilovi Loskot, 2001 - breeds C Siberia E to R Lena, and Cisbaikalia S to Altai and Tuva Republic.
- transbaykalica Goroshko, 1993 - breeds Transbaikalia.
- diluta (Sharpe & Wyatt, 1893) - S & SE Kazakhstan; winters NW India and Nepal.
- gavrilovi Loskot, 2001 - breeds C Siberia E to R Lena, and Cisbaikalia S to Altai and Tuva Republic.
- transbaykalica Goroshko, 1993 - breeds Transbaikalia.
- diluta (Sharpe & Wyatt, 1893) - S & SE Kazakhstan; winters NW India and Nepal.
- indica Ticehurst, 1916 - Pakistan and N India.
- fohkienensis (La Touche, 1908) - C & E China.
- tibetana Stegmann, 1925 - SW China (Xizang-Qinghai Plateau).
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