Sri Lanka Swallow / Cecropis hyperythra
WBN 
Sri Lanka Swallow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hirundo hyperythra J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal Vol. 18, Part 2, N° 32 p. 814-815
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Cecropis
Taxonomy Code: srlswa1
Type Locality: Ceylon.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
hyperythra / hyperythrus
● Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ερυθρος eruthros red.
● Gr. ὑπερυθρος huperuthros reddish < ὑπο hupo somewhat; ερυθρος eruthros red.
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)
