Tree Martin

SCI Name:  Petrochelidon nigricans
Protonym:  Hirundo nigricans Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 14 p.523
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Petrochelidon
Taxonomy Code:  tremar2
Type Locality:  New Holland, error = Hobart, Tasmania; see Mathews, 1913, Austral Av. Rec., 2, p. 65.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1817
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PETROCHELIDON
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Cliff Swallow P. pyrrhonota melanogaster) Gr. πετροχελιδων petrokhelidōn, πετροχελιδονος petrokhelidonos  type of swallow that frequented cliffs  < πετρα petra  rock, cliff; χελιδων khelidōn, χελιδονος khelidonos  swallow; although now a frequent commensal of man, the Cliff Swallow formerly nested almost exclusively in caves and on cliffs; "Gen. PETROCHELIDON **)  Klippschwalben.  (Herse Less 1837, nec Oken)    296.  1. P. melanogastra Nob.  —  Hirundo melanogaster Sws. Synop. Birds Mex. in Taylors Phil. Mag. 1827. pag. 366. No. 5.  Mexico. Mas. Fem. 2 St. ***)   297.  2. P. nigricans Nob.  Hirundo nigricans Vieill. Encycl. pag. 525. No. 28. —  Hir. pyrrhonota Vig. Horsf. (nec Vieill.)  Collocalia arborea Gould Birds Austr. II. tab. 14. —  Chelidon arborea Gould. Birds Austr. Introd. p. 29.   ...   298. 3. P. leucoptera Nob. — Hirundo leucoptera Gm. Syst. No. 26.   ...   299.  4. P. leucorhoa Nob. — Azara Apunt. No. 304. — Hirundo leucorhoa Vieill. Encycl. pag. 523. — Hirundo leucopyga Licht. Mus. Berol. — Hirundo frontalis Gould Voy. Beagle Birds pag. 40.   ...   300.  5. P. Meyeni Nob. — Hirundo leucopyga Meyen (nec Licht) Nov. Acta Leop. 1834. Suppl.   ...   **) Von πετρα, Fels, Klippe und χελιδων, Schwalbe.   ***) Nahe verwandt mit dieser Art und äusserst ähnlich gefärbt sind die folgenden beiden Arten:  P. fulva. — Hirundo fulva Vieill. Encycl. p. 527. von West-Indien und  P. americana. — Hir. americana Gm. — Azara Apunt. No. 305.  Hir. pyrrhonota et americana Vieill." (Cabanis 1853); "Petrochelidon Cabanis, 1850, Mus. Hein., Th. 1, 1850-51 [= 1853], p. 47. Type, by subsequent designation, Hirundo melanogaster Swainson (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 13)." (Peters 1960, IX, 118).
Synon. Antrochelidon, Hylochelidon, Lagenoplastes, Lecythoplastes.

nigricans
L. nigricans, nigricantis  blackish, swarthy  < nigrare  to be black  < niger  black.
● ex “Suirirí chorrendo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 182 (syn. Hymenops perspicillata).
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (Pardirallus).
● ex “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1 (Pycnonotus).
● ex “Tachurí obscurito menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 167 (Ridgwayornis).

SUBSPECIES

Tree Martin (timoriensis)
SCI Name: Petrochelidon nigricans timoriensis
timorense / timorensis / timoriense / timoriensis
Timor, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.

Tree Martin (nigricans)
SCI Name: Petrochelidon nigricans nigricans
nigricans
L. nigricans, nigricantis  blackish, swarthy  < nigrare  to be black  < niger  black.
● ex “Suirirí chorrendo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 182 (syn. Hymenops perspicillata).
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (Pardirallus).
● ex “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1 (Pycnonotus).
● ex “Tachurí obscurito menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 167 (Ridgwayornis).

Tree Martin (neglecta)
SCI Name: Petrochelidon nigricans neglecta
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus  ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded  < neglegere  to neglect.