Mariana Swiftlet

Here the details of the Mariana Swiftlet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Aerodramus bartschi
Protonym:  Collocalia bartschi Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 36 p.476
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code:  marswi
Type Locality:  Guam.
Author:  Mearns
Publish Year:  1909
IUCN Status:  Endangered

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.

bartschi
Prof. Paul Bartsch (1871-1960) German/US malacologist, collector, pioneer bird-ringer, Curator of Molluscs at the Smithsonian 1914-1945 (Aerodramus).