Aerodramus Germani Bird

Germain\'s Swiftlet / Aerodramus germani

Aerodramus Germani Bird

English Name:  Germain's Swiftlet
Latin Name:  Aerodramus germani
Protonym:  Collocalia Germani Bull.Soc.Philom.(6), 13 p.3
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code:  gerswi1
Type Locality:  Cochinchina.
Author:  Oustalet
Publish Year:  1876
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.

germani
Louis Rodolphe Germain (1827-1912) French Army, veterinary surgeon in Indochina 1862-1867, and New Caledonia 1875-1878, collector (subsp. Aerodramus fuciphagus, subsp. Pycnonotus aurigaster).

SUBSPECIES

Germain's Swiftlet (germani)
Latin Name: Aerodramus germani germani
germani
Louis Rodolphe Germain (1827-1912) French Army, veterinary surgeon in Indochina 1862-1867, and New Caledonia 1875-1878, collector (subsp. Aerodramus fuciphagus, subsp. Pycnonotus aurigaster).

Germain's Swiftlet (amechanus)
Latin Name: Aerodramus germani amechanus
amechana / amechanus
Gr. αμηχανος amēkhanos  helpless, impossible, incredible, inexplicable.