Bank Swallow / Riparia riparia
Bank Swallow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hirundo riparia Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.192
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Riparia
Taxonomy Code: banswa
Type Locality: Europe = Sweden.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RIPARIA
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Collared Sand Martin R. riparia) L. riparius bank-nesting < ripa river-bank (cf. specific name Hirundo riparia Linnaeus, 1758); "129 HIRVNDO RIPARIA. Riparia Europaea? Sand Martin, hirondelle des sables, Bank Martin, oiseaux de rivage ou hirondelles des rivières" (T. Forster 1817); "Riparia T. Forster, 1817, Synop. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 17 . Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Riparia europaea Forster = Hirundo riparia Linnaeus." (Peters 1960, IX, 95).
Var. Ripaira .
Synon. Cheimonornis, clivicola, Cotile, Cotyle.
riparia / riparium / riparius
L. riparius bank-nesting < ripa river-bank.
● "101. HIRUNDO. ... riparia. 4. H. cinerea, gula abdominque albis. Fn. svec. 247. Hirundo riparis s. Drepanis. Gesn. av. 656. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 8. Will. orn. 156. t. 39. Raj. av. 71. n. 3. Alb. av. 2. p. 52. t. 56. f. B. Frisch. av. t. 18. f. 2. Habitat in Europæ collibus arenosis abruptis, foramine serpentino." (Linnaeus 1758) (Riparia).
RIPARIA
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Collared Sand Martin R. riparia) L. riparius bank-nesting < ripa river-bank (cf. specific name Hirundo riparia Linnaeus, 1758); "129 HIRVNDO RIPARIA. Riparia Europaea? Sand Martin, hirondelle des sables, Bank Martin, oiseaux de rivage ou hirondelles des rivières" (T. Forster 1817); "Riparia T. Forster, 1817, Synop. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 17 . Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Riparia europaea Forster = Hirundo riparia Linnaeus." (Peters 1960, IX, 95).
Var. Ripaira .
Synon. Cheimonornis, clivicola, Cotile, Cotyle.
riparia / riparium / riparius
L. riparius bank-nesting < ripa river-bank.
● "101. HIRUNDO. ... riparia. 4. H. cinerea, gula abdominque albis. Fn. svec. 247. Hirundo riparis s. Drepanis. Gesn. av. 656. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 8. Will. orn. 156. t. 39. Raj. av. 71. n. 3. Alb. av. 2. p. 52. t. 56. f. B. Frisch. av. t. 18. f. 2. Habitat in Europæ collibus arenosis abruptis, foramine serpentino." (Linnaeus 1758) (Riparia).
SUBSPECIES
Bank Swallow (riparia)
SCI Name: Riparia riparia riparia
RIPARIA
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Collared Sand Martin R. riparia) L. riparius bank-nesting < ripa river-bank (cf. specific name Hirundo riparia Linnaeus, 1758); "129 HIRVNDO RIPARIA. Riparia Europaea? Sand Martin, hirondelle des sables, Bank Martin, oiseaux de rivage ou hirondelles des rivières" (T. Forster 1817); "Riparia T. Forster, 1817, Synop. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 17 . Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Riparia europaea Forster = Hirundo riparia Linnaeus." (Peters 1960, IX, 95).
Var. Ripaira .
Synon. Cheimonornis, clivicola, Cotile, Cotyle.
Bank Swallow (ijimae)
SCI Name: Riparia riparia ijimae
ijimae / ijimai
Prof. Isao Ijima (1861-1921) Japanese zoologist, collector, first President of the Ornithological Society of Japan 1912 (syn. Corvus macrorhynchos mandshuricus, syn. Horornis cantans, syn. Ixobrychus eurhythmus, Phylloscopus, syn. Picoides kizuki seebohmi, syn. Poecile varius, subsp. Riparia riparia, subsp. Syrmaticus soemmerringii, syn. Zosterops japonicus).
Bank Swallow (shelleyi)
SCI Name: Riparia riparia shelleyi
shelleyi
● Capt. George Ernest Shelley (1840-1910) British Army, geologist, ornithologist, collector in South Africa, Egypt, the Sudan, Australia and Burma (Aethopyga, syn. Apus niansae, Bubo, subsp. Caprimulgus pectoralis, syn. Chlorocichla flavicollis flavigula, Cinnyris, syn. Coccyzus minor, syn. Crithagra sulphurata sharpii, Cryptospiza, syn. Eubucco bourcierii aequatorialis, syn. Eubucco bourcierii orientalis, Lamprotornis, Nesocharis, syn. Onychognathus morio, Passer, syn. Ploceus velatus, subsp. Riparia riparia, subsp. Streptopelia decipiens, subsp. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus).
● Sir Edward Shelley 4th Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring (1827-1890) English traveller, collector in Matabeleland 1873 (syn. Myrmecocichla arnotti, Scleroptila).
Bank Swallow (eilata)
SCI Name: Riparia riparia eilata
eilata
Eilat, Israel.
Bank Swallow (innominata)
SCI Name: Riparia riparia innominata
innominata / innominatus
L. innominatus un-named < in- not; nominatus noted < nominare to name < nomen, nominis name.
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)