Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Here the details of the Mossy-nest Swiftlet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hemiprocne salangana Isis 41 col.368
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code: monswi2
Type Locality:
Author: Streubel
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AERODRAMUS
(Apodidae; Ϯ Himalayan Swiftlet A. brevirostris innominatus) Gr. αηρ aēr, αερος aeros air; -δρομος -dromos -racer < τρεχω trekhō to run; "A.—Tarsus more or less feathered (subgenus Aerodramus). ... AERODRAMUS, 6 subgenus nov. Chars. subgen.— Similar in proportions to the subgenus Collocalia, but tarsus more or less feathered. Type.— Collocalia innominata Hume. ... 6 αηρ, aer; δραμειν, cursare." (Oberholser 1906); "Aerodramus Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 58, 1906, p. 179 (in key), p. 182. Type, by original designation, Collocalia innominata Hume." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 220).
Synon. Zoonava.
salangana
“Salangane ...c’est le nom que donnent les habitans des Philippines à une petite hirondelle de rivage fort célèbre, et dont la célébrité est dûe aux nids singuliers qu’elle fait construire” (de Buffon 1770-1783) (cf. Insula Salanga (= Salanga I. = Junk Seylon = Phuket), Thailand) (Aerodramus).
Salangana
(syn. Collocalia Ϯ Glossy Swiftlet C. esculenta) French name Salanganes given to these swiftlets by I. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire 1837 (see salangana); "106e Genre: SALANGANA, Isid. Geoff., écho, 1837, nº 84, p. 74. Collocalia, Gray (1840): bec trèas petit, très court; ailes excessivement longues; tarses assez longa, à pouce-dirigé en arrière. Chelidon, Less., 1837, comp. 2, 441.-455 Salangana esculenta. Collocalia esculenta, Gray, p. 8; hirundo nidis edulibus, Bontius, tr. XIII, 142; hirundo esculenta, Brisson, pl. 46 f. 2a; L.; Vieill., ency. 518; Osbeck, it.; cypselus delicatulus, Kuhl, t. 2; hab.: l'Inde, les Philippines, Timor, l'île Bourbon" (Lesson 1843). Var. Salanga, Salangane, Sangala, Sangalana.
SUBSPECIES
Mossy-nest Swiftlet (natunae)
SCI Name: Aerodramus salangana natunae
natunae
Natuna Is., Indonesia.
Mossy-nest Swiftlet (maratua)
SCI Name: Aerodramus salangana maratua
maratua
Pulo Maratua, off north-eastern Borneo.
Mossy-nest Swiftlet (aerophilus)
SCI Name: Aerodramus salangana aerophilus
aerophila / aerophilus
Gr. αηρ aēr, αερος aeros air; φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love < φιλος philos lover.
Mossy-nest Swiftlet (salangana)
SCI Name: Aerodramus salangana salangana
salangana
“Salangane ...c’est le nom que donnent les habitans des Philippines à une petite hirondelle de rivage fort célèbre, et dont la célébrité est dûe aux nids singuliers qu’elle fait construire” (de Buffon 1770-1783) (cf. Insula Salanga (= Salanga I. = Junk Seylon = Phuket), Thailand) (Aerodramus).
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)