Aerodramus Pelewensis Bird

Aerodramus Pelewensis Bird

Aerodramus Pelewensis Bird

English Name:  Palau Swiftlet
Latin Name:  Aerodramus pelewensis
Protonym:  Collocalia pelewensis Am.Mus.Novit. no.820 p.3
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code:  palswi1
Type Locality:  Palau Islands.
Author:  Mayr
Publish Year:  1935
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

pelewensis
Pelew / Palau / Belau Is., Micronesia.