Pale-footed Swallow
Pale-footed Swallow
Here the details of the Pale-footed Swallow named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pygochelidon flavipes Am.Mus.Novit. no.30 p.8
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Orochelidon
Taxonomy Code: pafswa1
Type Locality: Maraynioc, 10,850 feet, Junin, Peru.
Author: Chapman
Publish Year: 1922
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OROCHELIDON
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Brown-bellied Swallow O. murina) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain (i.e. Ecuadorean Andes); χελιδων khelidōn, χελιδονος khelidonos swallow; "Orochelidon †, new genus. Differing from Atticora, Neochelidon and Notiochelidon in having the subbasal phalanx of middle toe entirely free from the outer toe; from Diplochelidon in having the tail much less than two-thirds as long as wing, and forked for less than one-fourth its length (nearly even in one species), and nasal fossæ occupying at least basal half of maxilla. Type, Petrochelidon murina Cassin (= Hirundo cinerea Gmelin?) ... † Oρος, a mountain; χελιδων, a swallow." (Ridgway 1903).
Synon. Haplochelidon.
flavipes
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; pes, pedis foot < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
● ex “Water-hen called Ochropus” of Willughby 1676, “Gallinula ochropus major” of Ray 1713, “Porphyrio rufus” of Brisson 1760, “Smirring” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Yellow-legged Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Gallinula chloropus).
● ex “Yellowshanks” of Pennant 1785 (Tringa).
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)