Volcano Swiftlet
Volcano Swiftlet
Here the details of the Volcano Swiftlet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Collocalia brevirostris vulcanorum Mitt.Zool.Mus.Berlin 12 Heft2 p.352
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code: volswi1
Type Locality: West Java.
Author: Stresemann
Publish Year: 1926
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
vulcanorum
Mod. L. volcanorum of the volcanoes < Italian vulcano or volcano volcano < Roman myth. Volcanus Vulcan, god of fire.
• "Java, on the craters of the volcanoes Gedeh, Tankuban Prahu and Papandajan." (Peters 1940) (subsp. Aerodramus brevirostris).
• Mt. Sabinio, Virunga or Kivu Volcanoes, DR Congo/Rwanda/Uganda (syn. Apalis porphyrolaema, subsp. Cyanomitra alinae, syn. Nectarinia famosa aeneigularis).
• Mt. Popocatépetl, Mexico (subsp. Pipilo maculatus).
• "RANGE.—Volcanoe Islands of central Solomon Islands." (Mayr 1931) (subsp. Ptilinopus solomonensis).
• Crater Lake Segare Anak, Lombok, Indonesia (subsp. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
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)