Rufous-bellied Swallow / Cecropis badia
WBN 
Rufous-bellied Swallow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cecropis badia Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia p. 371
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Cecropis
Taxonomy Code: rubswa1
Type Locality: Malacca.
Author: Cassin
Publish Year: 1853
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CECROPIS
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Greater Striped Swallow C. cucullata) Gr. Κεκροπις Kekropis Athenian woman. Seemingly despite its generic appellation the Greater Striped Swallow breeds in southern Africa, but the epithet reflects the use of Attic place names and proper names for swallows (see Atticora); "I. Fam. Hirundinidae Vigors. Hirundo Lin. ... Cecropis. Hir. capensis Gm.; rustica Gm. u.s.w." (Boie 1826); "Cecropis Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, Heft 10, col. 971. Type, by subsequent designation, Hirundo capensis Gmelin = Hirundo cucullata Boddaert (Salvadori, 1881, Orn. Pap. Mol., pt. 2, p. 1)." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 113).
Var. Acropis, Cercropis.
Synon. Baruwaia, Herophilus, Lillia, Phoenichelidon.
badia
L. badius chestnut-coloured, brown.
● ex “Cancrophagus castaneus” of Brisson 1760, “Crabier roux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Chesnut Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Nycticorax nycticorax).
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)
