Crested Treeswift
Crested Treeswift
Here the details of the Crested Treeswift named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hirundo Coronata J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 2 p.580
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Hemiprocnidae / Hemiprocne
Taxonomy Code: cretre1
Type Locality: Cafetal Fundador, Rio Canimar, Cuba.
Author: Tickell
Publish Year: 1833
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HEMIPROCNE
(Hemiprocnidae; † Grey-rumped Treeswift H. longipennis) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi- half-, small < ἡμισυς hēmisus half; L. progne or procne swallow (see Progne); "Cypseli et Hemiprocnes N. h) genera. ... h) Hemiprocnes genus, cui Cypselos, qui ill. TEMMINCKIO longipennis, comatus, fuciphagus, torquatus vocantur, aliosque accenseo, a veris discrepant Cypselis et hallice sive digito pedum primo retrorsum semper verso, et digitorum phalangum numero eodem, qui in ceteris avibus solemnis est." (Nitzsch 1829) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz); "Hemiprocnes [nominative plural] Nitzsch, Obs. Av. Arter. Carot. Comm., 1829, p. 15 and note. Type, by subsequent designation, Cypselus longipennis Temminck = Hirundo longipennis Rafinesque (Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 19, 1906, p. 68.)" (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 257).
Synon. Chelidonia, Dendrochelidon, Macropteryx, Palestre.
• (Apodidae; syn. Collocalia † Glossy Swiftlet C. esculenta) "Hemiprocne. — Salange. Der vorigen Gattung ähnlich, aber mit gewöhnlicher Gliederung und Richtung der zehen. H. esculenta, die indianische Schwalbe." (Riemann 1838 per Oberholser 1906) (Laurent Raty in litt.); "Hemiprocne Riemann, 1838, Zoologisch-technologischer Leitfaden für Realschulen und Gymnasien, p. 34 (not Hemiprocne Nitzsch, 1829). Type, by monotypy, Hirundo esculenta Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
coronata
L. coronatus crowned < coronare to crown < corona crown.
● "114. MOTACILLA. ... coronata. 21. M. nigro maculata, pileo hypochondriis uropygioque flavis. Motacilla corona aurea. Edw. av. - - t. 298. Habitat in Pensylvania. Corpus dorso pectore abdomineque adspersum maculis parvis nigris. Fascia alarum duplex alba. Gula alba." (Linnaeus 1766) (Setophaga).
● ex “Wreathed Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Sterna vittata).
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)