Mariana Swiftlet / Aerodramus bartschi
WBN 
Mariana Swiftlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Collocalia bartschi Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 36 p.476
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code: marswi
Type Locality: Guam.
Author: Mearns
Publish Year: 1909
IUCN Status: Endangered
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.
bartschi
Prof. Paul Bartsch (1871-1960) German/US malacologist, collector, pioneer bird-ringer, Curator of Molluscs at the Smithsonian 1914-1945 (Aerodramus).
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)
