Andean Swallow
Andean Swallow
Here the details of the Andean Swallow named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hirundo andecola Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.69
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Orochelidon
Taxonomy Code: andswa2
Type Locality: La Paz, Bolivia.
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
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.
andecola / andecolus
French Andes Andes; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell in.
SUBSPECIES
Andean Swallow (andecola)
SCI Name: Orochelidon andecola andecola
andecola / andecolus
French Andes Andes; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell in.
Andean Swallow (oroyae)
SCI Name: Orochelidon andecola oroyae
oroyae
Oroya, Junín, Peru.
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)