Collocalia Dodgei Bird
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Collocalia Dodgei Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Collocalia dodgei Smiths.Misc.Coll. 47 no.4 p.431
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Collocalia
Taxonomy Code: cavswi3
Type Locality: Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo.
Author: Richmond
Publish Year: 1905
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.
dodgei
H. D. Dodge (fl. 1904) US collector in Borneo (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)
