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Himalayan or Indochinese Swiftlet

Aerodramus [brevirostris or rogersi] (= Aerodramus brevirostris) (Horsfield, T 1840)

The Himalayan swiftlet is a small swift. It is a common colonial breeder in the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Some populations are migratory. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Aerodramus
Scientific:
  Aerodramus brevirostris

Original description

Citation:
  (Horsfield, T 1840)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.7, no.82 p.155

Imprint year:
  1839

Protonym:
  Hirundo brevirostris

Type locality:
  Assam.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/685/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2F1D27B4A7C81285

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2F1D27B4

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2F1D27B4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554954

Geographic range:

  • Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris: Himalayas to Nepal, northeastern India, Myanmar, and Thailand
  • Aerodramus brevirostris innominatus: east-central China to northern Vietnam; winters to Malay Peninsula
  • Aerodramus rogersi: mountains of eastern Myanmar, western Thailand, northern Laos, and Vietnam
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Himalayan or Indochinese Swiftlet
French:
Salangane de l'Himalaya ou S. indochinoise

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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Aerodramus [brevirostris, vulcanorum or rogersi]

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Other synonyms

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Bengali: হিমালয়ী কুটিবাতাসি
Catalan: Salangana de l'Himàlaia
Czech: salangana himálajská
Welsh: Corgoblyn yr Himalaia
Danish: Himalayasalangan
German: Himalajasalangane, Himalayasalangane
English: Himalayan or Indochinese Swiftlet, Himalayan Swiftlet, Indian edible-nest swiftlet, Indochinese swiftlet
English, HBW: Himalayan Swiftlet
English (IOC): Himalayan Swiftlet
English (United States): Himalayan Swiftlet
Esperanto: Himalaja apuseto
Spanish: Salangana del Himalaya
Spanish (Spain): Salangana del Himalaya
Spanish (HBW): Himalayan Swiftlet
Estonian: põhjasalangaan
Finnish: himalajansalangaani
French: Salangane de l’Himalaya, Salangane de l'Himalaya, Salangane de l'Himalaya ou S. indochinoise
Galician: Salangana do Himalaia
Croatian: smeđa čiopica
Hungarian: himalájai szalangána
Indonesian: Burung Walet Gunung
Italian: Salangana dell'Himalaya
Japanese (romaji): himaraya ana-tsubame, himarayaanatsubame
Japanese: ヒマラヤアナツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): ヒマラヤ穴燕
Korean: 황해쇠칼새
Scientific: Aerodramus [brevirostris or rogersi], Aerodramus brevirostris, Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris, Aerodramus brevirostris rogersi, Aerodramus brevirostris vulcanorum, Aerodramus rogersi, Collocalia brevirostris, Collocalia brevirostris rogersi, Collocalia brevirostris vulcanorum, Hirundo brevirostris
Lithuanian: Himalajinis erodramas
Latvian: Himalaju svīrīte
Malay: Burung Layang-layang Himalaya
Nepali: ची“चिका गाÄथली
Dutch: Himalajasalangaan, Himalayasalangaan
Norwegian Nynorsk: Orientsalangan
Norwegian: Orientsalangan
Polish: salangana himalajska
Pinyin: duǎn-zuǐ jīn-sī-yàn
Portuguese: Salangana-dos-himalaias
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-dos-himalaias
Rhaeto-Romance: Salangana dal Himalaya
Russian: Гималайская салангана
Slovak: salangána himalájska
Serbian: Himalajska čiopica
Swedish: Himalayasalangan
Thai: นกแอ่นพันธุ์หิมาลัย
Thai (Transliteration): nók àeen pʰan hì-maa-lay
Turkish: Himalaya Salanganası, Himalaya yelyutanı
Ukrainian: Салангана гімалайська
Vietnamese: Chim Yến Đông Dương, Chim Yến núi
Chinese: 短嘴金丝燕
Chinese (Traditional): 短嘴金絲燕

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