Germain’s Swiftlet / Aerodramus germani
WBN 
Germain's Swiftlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Collocalia Germani Bull.Soc.Philom.(6), 13 p.3
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code: gerswi1
Type Locality: Cochinchina.
Author: Oustalet
Publish Year: 1876
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.
germani
Louis Rodolphe Germain (1827-1912) French Army, veterinary surgeon in Indochina 1862-1867, and New Caledonia 1875-1878, collector (subsp. Aerodramus fuciphagus, subsp. Pycnonotus aurigaster).
SUBSPECIES
Germain's Swiftlet (germani)
SCI Name: Aerodramus germani germani
germani
Louis Rodolphe Germain (1827-1912) French Army, veterinary surgeon in Indochina 1862-1867, and New Caledonia 1875-1878, collector (subsp. Aerodramus fuciphagus, subsp. Pycnonotus aurigaster).
Germain's Swiftlet (amechanus)
SCI Name: Aerodramus germani amechanus
amechana / amechanus
Gr. αμηχανος amēkhanos helpless, impossible, incredible, inexplicable.
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)
