Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow
Here the details of the Tree Swallow named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hirundo bicolor Hist.Nat.Ois.Am.Sept. 1(1807) p.61 pl.31
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Tachycineta
Taxonomy Code: treswa
Type Locality: center of the United States = New York.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1808
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TACHYCINETA
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Violet-green Swallow T. thalassina) Gr. ταχυκινητος takhukinētos moving quickly < ταχυς takhus fast; κινεω kineō to move; "Gen. TACHYCINETA nov. gen. *) Fluchtschwalben. 301. 1. T. thalassina Nob. — Hirundo thalassina Sws. Syn. Mex. Birds in Taylor. Phil. Mag. 1827. pag. 366. — Chelidon thalassina Boie Isis 1844. pag. 171. ... *) Von ταχυκινητος, sich schnell bewegend. Die sehr langen Flügel, welche den ziemlich kurzen, etwas ausgerandeten Schwanz merklich überragen, die eigenthümlich weiche Beschaffenheit des kleinen Gefieders, sowie die abweichend grüne Färbung lassen mit einigen andern, weinger in's Auge fallenden Eigenthümlichkeiten für H. thalassina auf eine auch in der Lebensart abweichende generische Verschiedenheit schliessen. Als 2te, jedoch vom Typus mehrfach abweichende Art dürfte T. bicolor (Hirundo bicolor Vieill.) hierher zu stellen sein." (Cabanis 1853).
Synon. Callichelidon, Chelidon, Iridoprocne, Kalochelidon, Lamprochelidon, Leucochelidon.
bicolor
L. bicolor, bicoloris bicoloured < bi- two- < bis twice; color, coloris colour; epithet usually given to spp. with white underparts and contrastingly darker upperparts.
● ex “Crested Titmouse” of Catesby 1731, and “Mésange hupée de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760 (Baeolophus).
● ex “Coucal Noirou” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 220 (syn. Centropus nigrorufus).
● ex “Colibri Nr. 2” of Fermin 1769, “Saphir-émeraude” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sapphire-and-Emerald Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Cyanophaia).
● ex “Pic varié de la Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 748, fig.1, and “Encenada Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Dendrocopos lignarius).
● ex “Pato roxo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 436 (Dendrocygna).
● ex “Ramier blanc mangeur de muscade de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (Ducula).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 566, fig. 3, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Black and white Fly-catcher” of Edwards 1758, and Latham 1783 (syn. Fluvicola pica).
● ex "Merle brun du Cap de Bonne Espérance" of de Buffon 1770-1783, and "White-rumped Thrush" of Latham 1783 (Lamprotornis).
● ex "Bahama Sparrow" of Catesby 1731 (Melanospiza).
● ex “Petit Guêpier du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 318 (?syn. Merops hirundineus).
● ex “Guêpier de l’isle de France” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 252 (syn. Merops viridis).
● ex “Schet Noir” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 148 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).
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)