The grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin (''Riparia chinensis'') is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. The grey-throated martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It is found from

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, Afghanistan and

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...

to southern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, and the northern

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the plain martin, since renamed the

brown-throated martin The brown-throated martin or brown-throated sand martin (''Riparia paludicola'') is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It was first formally described as ''Hirundo paludicola'' by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817 in h ...

References

*Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton (2005). ''Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide''. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona. grey-throated martin Birds of Central Asia Birds of South Asia Birds of Southeast Asia Birds of Taiwan Birds of the Philippines grey-throated martin grey-throated martin {{Hirundinidae-stub