Seram Swiftlet / Aerodramus ceramensis

Seram Swiftlet / Aerodramus ceramensis

Seram Swiftlet

SCI Name:  Aerodramus ceramensis
Protonym:  Collocalia ceramensis NotesLeydenMus. 34 p.62
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae /
Taxonomy Code:  molswi1
Type Locality:  Kwalara, Ceram.
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Publish Year:  1911
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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.

ceramense / ceramensis
Ceram, Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.