Drab Swiftlet
Drab Swiftlet
Here the details of the Drab Swiftlet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Collocalia neglecta Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(3), 17 p.121
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Collocalia
Taxonomy Code: draswi1
Type Locality: Timor.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1866
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
COLLOCALIA
(Apodidae; † Glossy Swiftlet C. esculenta) Gr. κολλα kolla glue; καλια kalia nest; the nests of cave swiftlets are made from a cement formed in the salivary glands of breeding birds, and form the base of the Chinese delicacy birds-nest soup. However, the hard, fibrous nests of the Glossy Swiftlet are considered useless for culinary purposes; "COLLOCALIA, n. Hirundo, L. C. esculenta, (L.) n. Briss., II. t. 46. f. 2. A." (G. Gray 1840); "Collocalia G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 8. Type, by original designation, Hirundo esculenta Linné." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 220).
Var. Collicalia, Colocalia.
Synon. Salangana.
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
SUBSPECIES
Drab Swiftlet (neglecta)
SCI Name: Collocalia neglecta neglecta
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
Drab Swiftlet (perneglecta)
SCI Name: Collocalia neglecta perneglecta
perneglecta
L. per- very; neglectus neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
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)