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Pacific Swallow

Hirundo javanica Sparrman, A 1789




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


Original description

Citation:
  Sparrman, A 1789

Reference:
   Mus. Carlsonianum fasc. 2 pl. 100

Protonym:
  Hirundo javanica

Type locality:
  Java.

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


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  466C01C287E53683

Avibase ID:
  avibase-466C01C2

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/466C01C2


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 924886

Geographic range:

  • Hirundo javanica: southeastern Asia from Andamans to Ryukyu Islands southward through the Philippines and Indonesia to New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga (western Polynesia)
  • Hirundo javanica javanica: Andamans and Myanmar to Indochina, Sundas, Wallacea, and Philippines
  • Hirundo javanica namiyei: Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) and Taiwan
  • Hirundo javanica frontalis: northern and western New Guinea
  • Hirundo javanica ambiens: New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
  • Hirundo javanica subfusca: New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago) to Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga
  • Hirundo javanica albescens: southern and eastern New Guinea
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English:
Pacific Swallow
French:
Hirondelle de Java


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pacific Swallow [javanica] ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Pacific Swallow [javanica] ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Pacific Swallow [javanica] ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Pacific Swallow [javanica] ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Pacific Swallow [javanica] ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica])
Clements, version 2024:
Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Pacific Swallow (Pacific) ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Pacific Swallow (Pacific) ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Pacific Swallow (Pacific) ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Pacific Swallow (Pacific) ( Hirundo tahitica [javanica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo javanica) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Hirundo [tahitica or javanica] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


German: Tahitischwalbe [javanica-Gruppe]
English: Pacific Swallow, Pacific Swallow (Pacific), Pacific Swallow [javanica]
English, HBW: House Swallow (Pacific)
English (IOC): Pacific Swallow (Pacific)
English (United States): Pacific Swallow (Pacific)
Spanish: Golondrina del Pacífico (Pacífico)
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina del Pacífico (Pacífico)
French: Hirondelle de Java, Hirondelle de Tahiti (javanica), Hirondelle de Tahiti [javanica]
Icelandic: Hæðasvala [javanica hópur]
Japanese: リュウキュウツバメ(javanica グループ)
Scientific: Hirundo javanica, Hirundo tahitica [javanica Group], Hirundo tahitica [javanica], Hirundo tahitica javanica
Norwegian: kystsvale (javanica gr.)
Polish: jaskółka pacyficzna [gr. javanica]
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-do-pacífico [grupo javanica]
Russian: Домовая ласточка [группа javanica]
Slovak: lastovička hrdzavolíca (skup.)
Serbian: Pacifička lasta (obična)
Swedish: kustsvala [gruppen javanica]
Thai: นกนางแอ่นแปซิฟิก (ธรรมดา)
Turkish: Tahiti kırlangıcı [javanica grubu]
Chinese: 洋斑燕(灰腹)

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