Aerodramus Amelis Bird
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Aerodramus Amelis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Collocalia unicolor amelis Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 58 p.180,193
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code: palswi2
Type Locality: Irisan, Benguet, Luzon.
Author: Oberholser
Publish Year: 1906
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.
amelis
Gr. αμελης amelēs negligent, careless < αμελεω ameleō to be negligent; "It may, however, be quite generally distributed over the East India Islands, and may have been recorded as Collocalia fuciphaga from various localities, since hitherto it seems to have been confused with that species, because its unfeathered tarsi were not considered significant" (Oberholser 1906) (subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis).
SUBSPECIES
Ameline Swiftlet (amelis)
Latin Name: Aerodramus amelis amelis
amelis
Gr. αμελης amelēs negligent, careless < αμελεω ameleō to be negligent; "It may, however, be quite generally distributed over the East India Islands, and may have been recorded as Collocalia fuciphaga from various localities, since hitherto it seems to have been confused with that species, because its unfeathered tarsi were not considered significant" (Oberholser 1906) (subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis).
Ameline Swiftlet (palawanensis)
Latin Name: Aerodramus amelis palawanensis
palawana / palawanense / palawanensis / palawanorum / palawanus
Palawan, Philippines.
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)
