Bare-legged Swiftlet / Aerodramus nuditarsus
WBN 
Bare-legged Swiftlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Collocalia nuditarsus Vidensk.Medd.Dansk.Naturhist.For. 125 p.509-512
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code: balswi1
Type Locality:
Author: Salomonsen
Publish Year: 1962
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.
nuditarsus
L. nudus bare; Mod. L. tarsus shank, leg < Gr. ταρσος tarsos flat of the foot.
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)
