Volcano Swiftlet

SCI Name:  Aerodramus vulcanorum
Protonym:  Collocalia brevirostris vulcanorum Mitt.Zool.Mus.Berlin 12 Heft2 p.352
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Aerodramus
Taxonomy Code:  volswi1
Type Locality:  West Java.
Author:  Stresemann
Publish Year:  1926
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

vulcanorum
Mod. L. volcanorum  of the volcanoes  < Italian vulcano or volcano  volcano  < Roman myth. Volcanus  Vulcan, god of fire.
• "Java, on the craters of the volcanoes Gedeh, Tankuban Prahu and Papandajan." (Peters  1940) (subsp. Aerodramus brevirostris).
• Mt. Sabinio, Virunga or Kivu Volcanoes, DR Congo/Rwanda/Uganda (syn. Apalis porphyrolaema, subsp. Cyanomitra alinae, syn. Nectarinia famosa aeneigularis).
• Mt. Popocatépetl, Mexico (subsp. Pipilo maculatus).
• "RANGE.—Volcanoe Islands of central Solomon Islands." (Mayr 1931) (subsp. Ptilinopus solomonensis).
• Crater Lake Segare Anak, Lombok, Indonesia (subsp. Tachybaptus ruficollis).