タイワンショウドウツバメ

Meanings

brown-throated martin; brown-throated sand martin

usually written using kana alone

A small swallow-like bird (Riparia paludicola) found in parts of Asia. The name is a taxonomic term; in everyday Japanese, it may be referred to simply as a type of ツバメ.

タイワンショウドウツバメは、川かわ岸ぎしの土ど手てに巣す穴あなを掘ほる。
The brown-throated martin digs its nest burrows in riverbanks.