Palau Swiftlet

Palau Swiftlet / Aerodramus pelewensis

Palau Swiftlet

Here the details of the Palau Swiftlet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Aerodramus pelewensis
Protonym:  Collocalia pelewensis Am.Mus.Novit. no.820 p.3
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae /
Taxonomy Code:  palswi1
Type Locality:  Palau Islands.
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Publish Year:  1935
IUCN Status:  

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.

pelewensis
Pelew / Palau / Belau Is., Micronesia.