Glossy Swiftlet

SCI Name:  Collocalia esculenta
Protonym:  Hirundo esculenta Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.191
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Collocalia
Taxonomy Code:  gloswi1
Type Locality:  China, error = Amboina.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

COLLOCALIA
(Apodidae; † Glossy Swiftlet C. esculenta) Gr. κολλα kolla  glue; καλια kalia  nest; the nests of cave swiftlets are made from a cement formed in the salivary glands of breeding birds, and form the base of the Chinese delicacy birds-nest soup.  However, the hard, fibrous nests of the Glossy Swiftlet are considered useless for culinary purposes; "COLLOCALIA, n.  Hirundo, L.  C. esculenta, (L.) n. Briss., II. t. 46. f. 2. A." (G. Gray 1840); "Collocalia G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 8.  Type, by original designation, Hirundo esculenta Linné." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 220). 
Var. Collicalia, Colocalia.
Synon. Salangana.

esculenta / esculentus
L. esculentus edible < esca food < edere to eat.
● ex “Hirundo nidis edulibus” of Bontius 1658, and “Apus marina” of Rumpf 1750; although the prepared nests of some swiftlets are esteemed in Chinese cuisine, the nest of the Glossy Swiftlet is not used for this purpose (Collocalia).
● ex “Esculent Swallow” of Latham 1802 (syn. Collocalia fuciphaga).

SUBSPECIES

Glossy Swiftlet (spilura)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta spilura
spilura / spilurus
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

Glossy Swiftlet (manadensis)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta manadensis
manadensis
Manado, Celebes, Dutch East Indies / Menado, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
● Erroneous TL. Manado, Celebes (= Dorey or Manokwari, north-western New Guinea) (Symposiachrus).

Glossy Swiftlet (esculenta)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta esculenta
esculenta / esculentus
L. esculentus edible < esca food < edere to eat.
● ex “Hirundo nidis edulibus” of Bontius 1658, and “Apus marina” of Rumpf 1750; although the prepared nests of some swiftlets are esteemed in Chinese cuisine, the nest of the Glossy Swiftlet is not used for this purpose (Collocalia).
● ex “Esculent Swallow” of Latham 1802 (syn. Collocalia fuciphaga).

Glossy Swiftlet (minuta)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta minuta
minuta
L. minutus  small, little  < minuere to make smaller (see also minutus).
● ex "Petit Coucou de Cayenne" of Brisson 1760 (Coccycua).
● ex “Petite Tourtourelle brun d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Columbina).
● ex “Little Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● "61. ANAS.  ...  minuta.  31. A. grisea, auribus albis, remigibus primoribus nigricantibus.  Anas canadensis minor fuscus. Edw. av. 157. t. 157.  Habitat in Canada.  Parva admodum, tota grisea. Punctum album ad aures utrinque. An prioris femina?" (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Histrionicus histrionicus ♀).
● ex “Gobe-moucheron” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Petty Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myrmotherula brachyura).
● ex “Pico grueso pardo y canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 122 (syn. Sporophila hypoxantha).
● ex “Loxia grisea, uropygio subtusque ferruginea, remigibus 4, 5, 6, basi utrinque albis, cauda integra” of Rolander MS (Sporophila).
● ex “Larus piscator” of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713 (syn. Sternula albifrons).

Glossy Swiftlet (amethystina)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta amethystina
amethystina / amethystinus
L. amethystinus  amethyst-coloured, amethystine  < amethystus  amethyst  < Gr. αμεθυστος amethustos  amethyst.
● ex “Petit oiseau-mouche à queue fourchue de Cayenne”” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 1, and “Améthiste” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Calliphlox).
● ex “Petit oiseau-mouche à queue fourchue de Cayenne”” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 1, “Améthiste” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Amethystine Hummingbird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Calliphlox amethystina).
● ex “Sucrier Velours” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 294 (Chalcomitra).

Glossy Swiftlet (numforensis)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta numforensis
numforana / numforanum / numforensis
Numfor I., Geelvink Bay, Dutch New Guinea / Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia.

Glossy Swiftlet (nitens)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta nitens
nitens
L. nitens, nitentis  shining, glittering  < nitere  to shine, to glitter.
● ex “Glossy Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hypochera chalybeata).
● ex “Merle vert d’Angola” of Brisson 1760 (Lamprotornis).
● ex “Green Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Glossy Swiftlet (misimae)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta misimae
misimae
Misima I. (= St. Aignan), Louisiade Archipelago.

Glossy Swiftlet (stresemanni)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta stresemanni
stresemanni
Prof. Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann (1889-1972) German ornithologist, explorer, collector (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, syn. Alisterus chloropterus callopterus, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Cacomantis variolosus aeruginosus, subsp. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, Cyornis, subsp. Dendrocopos major, syn. Dendropicos fuscescens centralis, subsp. Dicaeum trochileum, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Epimachus fastuosus atratus, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, syn. Hemiprocne comata, syn. Hemispingus melanotis, subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus, Hylexetastes, subsp. Hypsipetes leucocephalus, subsp. Lanius schach, syn. Locustella davidi, subsp. Malia grata, subsp. Melidectes rufocrissalis, subsp. Melilestes megarhynchus, Merulaxis, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Nisaetus nanus, subsp. Oriolus chinensis, syn. Otocompsa sinensis, syn. Otus spilocephalus vandewateri, syn. Pachycephala phaionota, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, syn. Picus canus kogo, syn. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax brachypus, syn. Scleroptila levaillantoides, syn. Sericornis nouhuysi pontifex, subsp. Sinosuthora alphonsiana, subsp. Stactolaema whytii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Trichoglossus forsteni, syn. Troglodytes troglodytes cypriotes, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus, Zaratornis, Zavattariornis, Zosterops).

Glossy Swiftlet (heinrothi)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta heinrothi
heinrothi
Dr Oskar August Heinroth (1871-1945) German zoologist, collector in the Pacific 1900-1901 (subsp. Collocalia esculenta, subsp. Edolisoma remotum, Puffinus, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus).

Glossy Swiftlet (spilogaster)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta spilogaster
spilogaster / spilogastra
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.

Glossy Swiftlet (hypogrammica)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta hypogrammica
hypogrammica / hypogrammicum / hypogrammicus
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; γραμμικος grammikos  lined, linear  < γραμμη grammē  line  < γραφω graphō  to write.

Glossy Swiftlet (tametamele)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta tametamele
tametamele
According to Stresemann 1921, kamele-mele and tame-tamele are local names for swallows and swallow-like birds on New Britain (subsp. Collocalia esculenta).

Glossy Swiftlet (lagonoleucos)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta lagonoleucos
lagonoleucos / lagonoleucus
Gr. λαγων lagōn, λαγονος lagonos  flank; λευκος leukos  white.

Glossy Swiftlet (becki)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta becki
becki
Rollo Howard Beck (1870-1950) US field ornithologist, collector in California, the Galápagos Is., South Pacific and New Guinea, leader of the Whitney South Sea Expedition (syn. Ammospiza nelsoni, syn. Athene cunicularia hypugaea, subsp. Certhidea fusca, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, subsp. Dicaeum aeneum, subsp. Microptilotis orientalis, subsp. Petroica pusilla, subsp. Phylloscopus poliocephalus, Pseudobulweria, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus).

Glossy Swiftlet (makirensis)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta makirensis
makirae / makirensis
Makira (= San Cristobal), Solomon Is.

Glossy Swiftlet (desiderata)
SCI Name: Collocalia esculenta desiderata
desiderata
L. desideratus longed for, welcome  < desiderare  to wish for.