Tawny-headed Swallow
Tawny-headed Swallow
Here the details of the Tawny-headed Swallow named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hirundo fucata Pl.Col. livr.27 pl.161 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Alopochelidon
Taxonomy Code: tahswa2
Type Locality: Brazil ; vicinity of the City of Sao Paulo suggested as type locality by Pinto, 1944, Aves do Brasil, pt. 2, p. 316.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1822
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ALOPOCHELIDON
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Tawny-headed Swallow A. fucata) Gr. αλωπος alōpos fox-like (i.e. fox-coloured, russet) < αλωπηξ alōpēx, αλωπεκος alōpekos fox; χελιδων khelidōn, χελιδονος khelidonos swallow; "Alopochelidon*, new genus. Tail less than half as long as wing, slightly emarginate, all the rectrices broad and rounded at tip; wing-tip little if any longer than distance from bend of wing to end of longest secondaries; above dull grayish brown. Similar to Stelgidopteryx but differing in less adhesion between toes (in this respect agreeing with Pygochelidon), and in entire absence of recurved tips to barbs of outer web of outermost primary. Type, Hirundo fucata Temminck. ... * Aλωπος, fox-like; χελιδων, a swallow." (Ridgway 1903); "Alopochelidon Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 16, p. 106, 1903—type, by orig. desig., Hirundo fucata Temminck." (Hellmayr, 1935, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VIII, p. 48).
fucata / fucatus
L. fucatus painted < fucare to paint red.
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)