Forest Swallow

SCI Name:  Atronanus fuliginosus
Protonym:  Lecythoplastes fuliginosus Ibis p.149 fig.6A
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Atronanus
Taxonomy Code:  forswa2
Type Locality:  A Lolodorf, Cameroons.
Author:  Chapin
Publish Year:  1925
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ATRONANUS
(Hirundinidae; † Forest Swallow A. fuliginosus) L. ater  black, dark; nanus  dwarf  < Gr. ναννος nannos  dwarf; "Atronanus, new genus.   Type species. - Lecythoplastes fuliginosus Chapin.  ...  By combining two descriptors, we emphasize the small size and dusky black plumage of the only species referred to this genus.  ...  The Forest Swallow is allocated to this genus based on a combination of molecular genetic results and distinctive morphological characters" (De Silva et al. 2018) (OD per Jim Gaudin); "Atronanus De Silva, Fernando, Robbins, Cooper, Fokam and Townsend Peterson, 2018, Journal of Avian Biology, 49 (9), p.  Type, by original designation and monotypy, Lecythoplastes fuliginosus Chapin, 1926." (JAJ 2020).  Some readers regard this unusual name as unpublished, and treat it as a synonym of Petrochelidon.

fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus  sooty, covered with soot  < L. fuligo, fuliginis  soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).