Plain Martin

Plain Martin

Riparia paludicola

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Lake Mburo National Park
1 Verified records at Lake Mburo National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The brown-throated martin, brown-throated sand martin or plain martin (Riparia paludicola) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family, Hirundinidae, that is widely distributed across Africa. It was formerly regarded as conspecific with the grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis) and the Madagascar martin (Riparia cowani). Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Plain Martin at Lake Mburo National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
40–50%
2 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
30–40%
3 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
4 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
5 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
6 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
7 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
8 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
10–20%
9 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
10 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
11 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
12 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
13 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
5–10%
14 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
5–10%
15 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
16 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
17 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
18 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
19 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
20 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
21 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
22 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
23 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
24 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
25 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
26 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
27 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
28 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
29 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
30 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
31 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
32 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
33 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
34 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
35 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
36 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
37 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
38 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
39 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
40 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
41 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
42 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
43 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
44 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
45 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
46 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
47 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
48 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
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