Black Sawwing

SCI Name:  Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Protonym:  Hirundo (Chelidon) pristoptera NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.105 pl.39 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Psalidoprocne
Taxonomy Code:  blksaw1
Type Locality:  Simen Province, Ethiopia.
Author:  Rüppell
Publish Year:  1840
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PSALIDOPROCNE
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Black Saw-wing P. pristoptera holomelas) Gr. ψαλις psalis, ψαλιδος psalidos  scissors; Gr. myth. Procne or Prokne, who was metamorphosed into a swallow (see Progne). In ornithology procne is used for both swallow and swift. "Gen. PSALIDOPROCNE nov. gen **)  Scheerenschwalben.  302. 1. Ps. cypselina n. sp.   ...   **) Von ψαλισ, Scheere und Procne. — Der kleine Schnabel und das dunkle einfarbige Gefieder nähern diese Gattung scheinbar einigen Formen der Cypselinen, wogegen indess die Charaktere des Flügelbaues, die Zahl der Schwanzfedern und die Fussbildung streiten. Der Schwanz ist regelmässig und tief gegabelt, wie bei Atticora, Zehen und Nägel sind indess kürzer und schwächer als bei letzterer Gattung [Tachycineta] und ist die Aussenzehe kürzer als die innere Zehe. Der Typus der Gattung P cypselina ist einfarbig dunkelschwarzbraun oder schwärzlich und fast überall mit jenem matten schwarzgrünlichen Schiller versehen, welcher als charakteristisch bei mehreren Arten der Cypselinae, (wie z. B. an den Flügeln von Acanth. collaris) bemerkt wird.  Der Zügel ist sammetschwarz; die untern Flügeldecken sind graubraun. Die Füsse hellbraun.  Die Aussenfahne der 1sten Schwinge ist ähnlich gesägt wie bei einigen Arten von Cotyle (C. serripennis flavigastra etc.)." (Cabanis 1853); "Psalidoprocne Cabanis, 1850, Mus. Hein., Th. 1, 1850-51 [= 1853], p. 48. Type, by monotypy, Ps. cypselina Cabanis = Hirundo holomelas Sundevall." (Peters 1960, IX, 125).
Var. Psalidoprogne.
Synon. Pristoptera, Woltersia.

pristoptera
Gr. πριστος pristos  sawn  < πριστηρ pristēr, πριστηρος pristēros  saw  < πριω priō  to saw; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Pristoptera
(syn. Psalidoprocne Ϯ Black Saw-wing P. pristoptera) Specific name Hirundo pristoptera Rüppell, 1836 (Gr. πριστος pristos  sawn  <  πριστηρ pristēr, πριστηρος pristēros  saw  < πριω priō  to saw; -πτερος -pteros 
-winged  < πτερον pteron  wing); "HYRUNDINEÆ   ...   6. Pristoptera, Bp.   29. typica, Bp. (pristoptera, Rüpp.)" (Bonaparte 1857); "Pristoptera Bonaparte, 1857, Riv. Contemp., Torino, 9, p. 210. Type, by tautonymy, Pristoptera typica Bp. = Hirundo pristoptera Rüppell." (Peters 1960, IX, 125).

SUBSPECIES

Black Sawwing (petiti)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera petiti
petiti
Louis Petit (1856-1943) French naturalist, collector in Cabinda Enclave and the lower Congo 1876-1884 (Campephaga, syn. Euplectes hordeaceus, syn. Himantornis haematopus, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, syn. Pternistis squamatus).

Black Sawwing (chalybea)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera chalybea
chalybea
L. chalybeius  steely  < Gr. χαλυβηιος khalubēios  steely  < χαλυψ khalups, χαλυβος khalubos  steel.
● ex “Ardeola” of Marcgrave 1648, “Crabier du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Crabier chalybé” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Butorides striata).
● ex “Troisième Grimpereau de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Leptocoma sperata).
● ex “Calybé de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 634, and “Blue-green Paradise-bird” of Latham 1783 (syn. Manucodia chalybata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760, and d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 545, fig. 2, and “Chalybeate Swallow” of Latham 1783 (Progne).

Black Sawwing (pristoptera)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera pristoptera
pristoptera
Gr. πριστος pristos  sawn  < πριστηρ pristēr, πριστηρος pristēros  saw  < πριω priō  to saw; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Black Sawwing (blanfordi)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera blanfordi
blanfordi / blanfordii
Dr William Thomas Blanford (1832-1905) English geologist, zoologist, collector in Ethiopia, Persia and India (syn. Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Calandrella, syn. Carduelis carduelis brevirostris, subsp. Cinnyris jugularis, syn. Cisticola marginatus, syn. Leiopicus mahrattensis, subsp. Parus major, subsp. Prinia inornata, syn. Prunella modularis obscura, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, Pycnonotus, Pyrgilauda, syn. Strix aluco nivicola, subsp. Sylvia leucomelaena, syn. Tchagra senegalus, subsp. Turnix tanki).

Black Sawwing (antinorii)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera antinorii
antinorii
Orazio Marchese Antinori (1811-1882) Italian zoologist, explorer, collector in Egypt and the Sudan 1859-1861, Abyssinia 1876-1882 (subsp. Cisticola lateralis, syn. Lanius somalicus, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera).

Black Sawwing (oleaginea)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera oleaginea
oleaginea / oleagineum / oleagineus / oleaginia
L. oleagineus  olive-coloured, oleaginous, of the olive tree  < olea  olive tree.

Black Sawwing (mangbettorum)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera mangbettorum
mangbettorum
Mangbetu, a people of the Ituri and Uelle districts of the eastern Congo basin (Psalidoprocne).

Black Sawwing (ruwenzori)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera ruwenzori
ruwenzorae / ruwenzori / ruwenzoria / ruwenzoriae / ruwenzorii
Ruwenzori Mts., Belgian Congo (= DR Congo)/Uganda.

Black Sawwing (reichenowi)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera reichenowi
reichenovi / reichenovii / reichenowi
Prof. Georg Anton Eugen Reichenow (1847-1941) German ornithologist (subsp. Aerodramus spodiopygius, Anthreptes, syn. Anthus spinoletta, Batis, subsp. Bocagia minuta, syn. Chlorophoneus multicolor, Cinnyris, subsp. Cisticola brachypterus,  Crithagra, Cryptospiza, subsp. Dendropicos gabonensis, Drepanorhynchus, syn. Dryocopus martius, subsp. Edolisoma schisticeps, syn. Emberiza goslingi, syn. Galerida cristata arenicola, syn. Gymnoris pyrgita, syn. Illadopsis fulvescens (ex Turdinus rufiventris Reichenow, 1893), syn. Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala, syn. Lanius collurio (ex Lanius affinis Fischer & Reichenow, 1884), subsp. Melaenornis chocolatinus, syn. Merops viridissimus, syn. Milvus migrans, syn. Myrmecocichla albifrons frontalis, subsp. Numida meleagris, syn. Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubii, subsp. Oriolus larvatus, subsp. Pachycephala hyperythra, Pionus, Pitta, subsp. Ploceus baglafecht, subsp. Poicephalus meyeri, syn. Prodotiscus zambesiae ellenbecki, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, subsp. Pteroglossus bitorquatus, syn. Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, syn. Pycnonotus xanthopygos, subsp. Rhipidura dryas, subsp. Sarothrura elegans, subsp. Sasia ochracea, subsp. Schistolais leucopogon, Streptopelia, syn. Symposiachrus axillaris fallax, syn. Tachymarptis aequatorialis, subsp. Tauraco livingstonii, subsp. Trochocercus nitens, syn. Turdoides jardineii emini, subsp. Tychaedon leucosticta, syn. Urorhipis rufifrons rufidorsalis, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).

Black Sawwing (massaica)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera massaica
massaica / massaicum / massaicus
Massai, Masai or Maasai, a semi-nomadic people of Kenya and northern Tanzania.

Black Sawwing (orientalis)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera orientalis
orientale / orientalis
L. orientalis  eastern, oriental  < oriens, orientis  east.
● Asia; ex “Anser moschoviticus” of Albin 1731-1738, and “Anser chinensis” of Linnaeus 1747 (syn. Anser cygnoides).
● India; ex Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758, “Grus orientalis” of Brisson 1760, and “Indian Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Antigone antigone).
● East Indies (= Seram and New Guinea); ex “Casoar des Indes orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 313 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● India; ex “Eastern Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Eclectus roratus).
● East Indies (= Amboina); ex “Coucou noir des Indes” (= ♂) and “Coucou tacheté des Indes” (=♀) of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● East Indies (=Java); ex “Rollier des Indes” of Brisson 1760 (Eurystomus).
● East Indies; ex “Merula indica” of Brisson 1760, “Merle des Indes Orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 2, and “Ash-rumped Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage nigra).
● India; ex “Indian Bee-eater” and “Coromandel Bee-eater” of Latham 1782-1787 (Merops).
● Asia; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus” of previous authors (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
● "91. TETRAO.  ...  orientalis.  12. T. pedibus antice pilosis: abdomine gulaque atra, collari ferrugineo, cauda cuneiformi.  Tetrao orientalis. Hasselq. it. 278. n. 43.  Perdix damascena. Will. orn. 128.  Francolin. Tournef. it. I. p. 158. t. 158.  Habitat in Oriente." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pterocles).
● China; ex “Tourterelle brune de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Chinese Turtle” of Latham 1783 (Streptopelia).
● China; ex “China Owl” of Latham 1801 (syn. Strix seloputo).

Black Sawwing (holomelas)
SCI Name: Psalidoprocne pristoptera holomelas
holomelaena / holomelas
Gr. ὁλομελας holomelas, ὁλομελαινα holomelaina  black all over  < ὁλος holos  entire; μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black.