Banded Martin

Neophedina cincta

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Hirundinidae
Genus
Neophedina
eBird Code
banmar1

Subspecies (5)

  • Neophedina cincta cincta

    Zimbabwe and KwaZulu-Natal to Cape Province

  • Neophedina cincta erlangeri

    Ethiopia and Sudan (upper White Nile River)

  • Neophedina cincta parvula

    northern Angola to southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia; winters to Cameroon

  • Neophedina cincta suahelica

    southern South Sudan to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, western Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and western Mozambique

  • Neophedina cincta xerica

    Kalahari of northern Botswana and Namibia to Angola and western Zambia

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.