Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
English Name: Sand Martin 
Scientific Name: Riparia riparia 
Arabic Name: خُطَّافٌ رَمْلِيٌّ
Status in Kuwait: very common passage migrant, uncommon summer and winter visitor.
Highest daily count: several thousand on several dates between 1952 and 1968.
IUCN Status: LC

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