Hirundo [javanica or domicola] (House or Hill Swallow)

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House or Hill Swallow

Hirundo [javanica or domicola] (= Hirundo javanica) Sparrman, 1789

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Hirundinidae
Genus:
   Hirundo
Scientific:
  Hirundo javanica

Original description

Citation:
Sparrman, 1789

Reference:
Mus.Carls. pl. 100

Protonym:
Hirundo javanica

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41148993

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
25413A783791D5AD

Avibase ID:
avibase-25413A78

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/25413A78

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924886

Geographic range:

Hirundo domicola: S India and Sri Lanka
Hirundo tahitica javanica: Andamans and Myanmar to Indochina, Sundas, Wallacea, Philippines
Hirundo tahitica namiyei: Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan
Hirundo tahitica frontalis: N and w New Guinea
Hirundo tahitica ambiens: New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago)
Hirundo tahitica subfusca: New Ireland to Solomons, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga
Hirundo tahitica albescens: S and e New Guinea
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
House or Hill Swallow
French:
Hirondelle à face rousse ou H. des Nilgiri

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): House or Hill Swallow ( Hirundo [javanica or domicola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): House or Hill Swallow ( Hirundo [javanica or domicola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): House or Hill Swallow ( Hirundo [javanica or domicola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): House or Hill Swallow ( Hirundo [javanica or domicola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): House or Hill Swallow ( Hirundo [javanica or domicola])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): House Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Hirundo [tahitica or domicola]

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Other synonyms

German: Südseeschwalbe
English: House or Hill Swallow, House Swallow
Spanish: Golondrina del Pacífico
French: Hirondelle à face rousse, Hirondelle à face rousse ou H. des Nilgiri, Hirondelle de Java
Scientific: Hirundo [javanica or domicola], Hirundo javanica, Hirundo tahitica javanica