Common House-Martin

SCI Name:  Delichon urbicum
Protonym:  Hirundo urbica Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.192
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Delichon
Taxonomy Code:  cohmar1
Type Locality:  Europe = Sweden.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

DELICHON
(Hirundinidae; † Nepal House Martin D. nipalense) Anagram of genus Chelidon Boie, 1822, martin; "Genus DELICHON, (Hodgs.)  Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), p.    621. DELICHON NIPALENSIS, Hodgson.  ...  This interesting bird differs from the type of the genus Chelidon by its smaller and more robust bill, and by its short and nearly even tail, the wings also being shorter; from Cotyle it is at once distinguished by its plumed feet" (Moore 1854); "The subject that I beg to lay before the Meeting this evening, is a new form belonging to the family Hirundinidæ, lately collected in Nepal and presented to the Museum of the East India Company by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., which is allied to, but certainly distinct from, the genus Chelidon, and for which the following anagrammatical name is proposed.  DELICHON (nov. gen.)  ...  Type, D. Nipalensis, Hodgs. n. sp." (Moore 1855); "DELICHON F. Moore, 1854  N — Delichon nipalense F. Moore, 1854; type by monotypy ¹   ...   ¹ This name has usually been attributed to Horsfield and Moore but see Dickinson et al. (2001), where the name nipalensis is discussed; the same reasoning applies to the generic name." (Dickinson and  Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 477).
Synon. Chelidon, Chelidonaria, Martula, Tichistes.

delichon
Genus Delichon Moore, 1854, house martin.

urbicum
L. urbicus  urban, frequenting towns  < urbs, urbis  town; "101. HIRUNDO.  ...  urbica.  3. H. rectricibus immaculatis, dorso nigro-cærulescente. Fn. svec. 245. It. œl. 41.  Hirundo agrestis s. rustica. Gesn. av. 564. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 7. Will. orn. 155. Raj. av. 71. n. 2. Alb. av. 2. p. 52. t. 56. f. A. Frisch. av. 3. t. 17. f. 2.  Habitat in Europa, ad parietes sub tecto.  Venit venit Hirundo, pulchra tempora adducens & pulchros annos. Hesych." (Linnaeus 1758) (Delichon).

SUBSPECIES

Common House-Martin (Western)
SCI Name: Delichon urbicum urbicum/meridionale
DELICHON
(Hirundinidae; † Nepal House Martin D. nipalense) Anagram of genus Chelidon Boie, 1822, martin; "Genus DELICHON, (Hodgs.)  Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), p.    621. DELICHON NIPALENSIS, Hodgson.  ...  This interesting bird differs from the type of the genus Chelidon by its smaller and more robust bill, and by its short and nearly even tail, the wings also being shorter; from Cotyle it is at once distinguished by its plumed feet" (Moore 1854); "The subject that I beg to lay before the Meeting this evening, is a new form belonging to the family Hirundinidæ, lately collected in Nepal and presented to the Museum of the East India Company by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., which is allied to, but certainly distinct from, the genus Chelidon, and for which the following anagrammatical name is proposed.  DELICHON (nov. gen.)  ...  Type, D. Nipalensis, Hodgs. n. sp." (Moore 1855); "DELICHON F. Moore, 1854  N — Delichon nipalense F. Moore, 1854; type by monotypy ¹   ...   ¹ This name has usually been attributed to Horsfield and Moore but see Dickinson et al. (2001), where the name nipalensis is discussed; the same reasoning applies to the generic name." (Dickinson and  Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 477).
Synon. Chelidon, Chelidonaria, Martula, Tichistes.

Common House-Martin (Eastern)
SCI Name: Delichon urbicum lagopodum
lagopoda / lagopodum
Gr. λαγωπους lagōpous, λαγωποδος lagōpodos  hare-footed, rough-footed  <  λαγως lagōs  hare; πους pous, ποδος podos  foot.