Cave Swiftlet
Cave Swiftlet
Here the details of the Cave Swiftlet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Collocalia linchi Cat.BirdsMus.East-Ind.Co.[Horsfield & Moore] 1 p.100
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Collocalia
Taxonomy Code: cavswi2
Type Locality: Java.
Author: Horsfield & Moore
Publish Year: 1854
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.
linchi
Javanese name Linchi for a swiftlet (Collocalia).
SUBSPECIES
Cave Swiftlet (ripleyi)
SCI Name: Collocalia linchi ripleyi
ripleyi
Dr Sidney Dillon Ripley II (1913-2001) US spymaster, ornithologist, conservationist, explorer, Secretary of the Smithsonian Inst. 1964-1984 (syn. Aethopyga nipalensis koelzi, subsp. Cettia castaneocoronata, subsp. Collocalia linchi, subsp. Crateroscelis robusta, syn. Chrysocorythus estherae vanderbilti, subsp. Edolisoma mindanense, ‡Gallirallus, subsp. Hydrornis irena, subsp. Neocrex colombiana, subsp. Pellorneum ruficeps, subsp. Phodilus assimilis, subsp. Pteruthius aeralatus).
Cave Swiftlet (linchi)
SCI Name: Collocalia linchi linchi
linchi
Javanese name Linchi for a swiftlet (Collocalia).
Cave Swiftlet (dedii)
SCI Name: Collocalia linchi dedii
dedii
Dedi Ahadiat Somadikarta (1961-1985) son of Indonesian ornithologist Prof. Soekarja Somadikarta (subsp. Collocalia linchi).
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)