Sulawesi Swiftlet / Aerodramus sororum
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Sulawesi Swiftlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Collocalia francica sororum Orn.Monatsb. 39 p.11
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code: molswi4
Type Locality: Uru, 800 metres, west base of the Latimodjong Mountains, Celebes.
Author: Stresemann
Publish Year: 1931
IUCN Status:
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.
sororum
L. sororum of the sisters < soror, sororis sister.
● Anneliese Heinrich née Machatchek (fl. 1945) first wife of German/Polish explorer Gerhardt Heinrich, and her sister Lieselotte Machatchek (fl. 1930), later mistress and partner of Heinrich (Mark Brown in litt.) (subsp. Aerodramus infuscatus).
● Three Sisters Is. (= Las Tres Marias = Olu Malau), north of San Cristobal, Solomon Is. (subsp. Todiramphus chloris).
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)
