Lesser Antillean Swift
Lesser Antillean Swift
Here the details of the Lesser Antillean Swift named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hirundo martinica TabulaAffin.Anim. p.229
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Chaetura
Taxonomy Code: leaswi1
Type Locality: Martinique, West Indies.
Author: Hermann
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHAETURA
(Apodidae; Ϯ Chimney Swift C. pelagica) Gr. χαιτη khaitē long flowing hair; ουρα oura tail; "GENUS XLI.—CHÆTURA mihi. Beak with the lower mandible straight at the tip. Wings very long. Tail very short; its feathers subulated and acute at the tip. HIRUNDO Auctorum.—CYPSELUS, pars. Temm. Sp. 1. Ch. pelasgia. Hirundo pelasgia. Steph. v. x. 128.—North America. Sp. 2. Ch. Martinicana. Hirunda acuta. Steph. v. x. 131. pl. 15.—West Indies. Sp. 3. Ch. pacifica. Hirundo pacifica. Steph. v. x. 132.—New Holland. Sp. 4. Ch. australis. Hirundo caudacuta. Steph. v. x. 133.—New South Wales. Sp. 5. Ch. fusca. Hirundo fusca. Steph. v. x. 133.——? Sp. 6. Ch. collaris. ... INHABITS Brazil." (Stephens 1826); "Chætura Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., 13, pt. 2, 1826, p. 76. Type, by subsequent designation, Chaetura pelasgia Stevens [sic] = Hirundo pelagica Linné. (Swainson, Zool. Illustr. (2), 1, 1829, text to pl. 42.)" (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 235).
Var. Chatura, Chaturae.
Synon. Acanthura, Acanthylis, Pelasgia, Uranteris.
martinica / martinicana / martinicensis / martinicus
Martinique, West Indies. Columbus named the island Martinica in 1502, based on Carib and Taíno names Madinina and Matinino.
● ex “Hirondelle noire acutipenne de la Martinique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Chaetura).
● ex “Certhia martinicana sive saccharivora” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Coereba bartholemica).
● ex “Gobe-mouche hupé de la Martinique” of Brisson 1760 (Elaenia).
● ex “Pigeon violet de la Martinique” of Brisson 1760 (Geotrygon).
● ex “Petite Poule-Sultane” of Brisson 1760 (Porphyrio).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)