Nepal House-Martin

SCI Name:  Delichon nipalense
Protonym:  Delichon nipalensis Cat.BirdsMus.East-Ind.Co.[Horsfield & Moore] 1 p.384
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Delichon
Taxonomy Code:  nephom1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Moore, F
Publish Year:  1854
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

nipalense / nipalensis
Nepal or, formerly, Nipal or Nepaul. According to legend Nepal means "the place protected by the Hindu sage Ne."

SUBSPECIES

Nepal House-Martin (nipalense)
SCI Name: Delichon nipalense nipalense
nipalense / nipalensis
Nepal or, formerly, Nipal or Nepaul. According to legend Nepal means "the place protected by the Hindu sage Ne."

Nepal House-Martin (cuttingi)
SCI Name: Delichon nipalense cuttingi
cuttingi
Charles Suydam Cutting (1889-1972) US naturalist, collector, patron and Trustee AMNH (subsp. Delichon nipalense).