Streak-throated Swallow

SCI Name:  Petrochelidon fluvicola
Protonym:  Hirundo fluvicola J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 24(1855) p.471
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Petrochelidon
Taxonomy Code:  sttswa2
Type Locality:  Sonar and Kane rivers, Bundelkund.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1855
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.

FLUVICOLA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Masked Water Tyrant F. nengeta) L. fluvius, fluvii  river  < fluere  to flow; -cola  -dweller  < colere  to inhabit; "FLUVICOLA.  Alæ elongatæ, remigibus 2^da et 3^tia æqualibus, longissimis.  Cauda mediocris, subrotundata.  Pedes graciles, tarsorum squamis anterioribus divisis, lateralibus obsoletis.  ... I cannot with any certainty, quote a typical example of this new form, of which I possess two distinct species from Brazil." (Swainson 1827); "Courier Waterchat  ...  Frequent marshy situations in the New World  ...  Their haunts are only in the vicinity of water: they pursue their prey upon the ground, running with great celerity, and are constantly in motion  ...  The present species we met with in abundance at Pernambuco, frequenting the sides of the rivers and lagoons" (Swainson 1831); "Fluvicola Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 172. Type, by subsequent designation (Swainson, 1831, Zool. Illus., ser. 2, 2, pl. [46]), Fluvicola cursoria Swainson = Oenanthe climazura Vieillot [= Lanius Nengeta Linnaeus 1766]." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 179).
Synon. Entomophagus, Myiophila.

fluvicola
L. fluvius, fluvii  river  < fluere  to flow; -cola  -dweller  < colere  to inhabit.
● ex “Nebuleux” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 149 (Muscipeta artefact).