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Himalayan Swiftlet

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 (1839), Pt7 no.82 p.155

Protonym:
  Hirundo brevirostris

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571398


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5AA06609E644455B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5AA06609

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5AA06609


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554954

Geographic range:

  • Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris: Himalayas to Nepal, ne India, Myanmar and Thailand
  • Aerodramus brevirostris innominatus: E-central China to n Vietnam; winters to Malay Peninsula
English:
Himalayan Swiftlet
Catalan:
Salangana de l'Himàlaia
Czech:
salangana himálajská
Danish:
Himalayasalangan
Finnish:
himalajansalangaani
French:
Salangane de l'Himalaya
Hungarian:
himalájai szalangána
Italian:
Salangana dell'Himalaya
Japanese (romaji):
himarayaanatsubame
Lithuanian:
Himalajinis erodramas
Ukrainian:
Салангана гімалайська


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Salangane de l'Himalaya ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2015:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2016:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2017:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2018:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2019:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2021:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2022:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
eBird version 2023:
Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan) ( Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus) [version 4]
Oriental Bird Club:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris)
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Collocalia brevirostris)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Himalayan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus brevirostris) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Aerodramus [brevirostris or rogersi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bengali: চ঴ভারয়ী কুটিফাতাচ঳ , হিমালয়ী কুটিবাতাসি
Bengali (transliteration): himālaẏī kuṭibātāsi
Catalan: Salangana de l'Himàlaia
Czech: Salangana himálajská
Danish: Himalayasalangan
German: Himalajasalangane (brevirostris/innominatus), Himalaya Salangane, Himalayasalangane
English: Edible-nest Swiftlet, Himalayan Swift, Himalayan Swiftlet, Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan), Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet, Indochinese swiftlet
English, HBW: Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan)
English (IOC): Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan)
English (United States): Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan)
Esperanto: Himalaja apuseto
Spanish: Rabitojo Himalayo, Salangana del Himalaya, Salangana del Himalaya (Himalaya)
Spanish (Spain): Salangana del Himalaya, Salangana del Himalaya (brevirostris/innominatus), Salangana del Himalaya (Himalaya)
Spanish (HBW): Himalayan Swiftlet (Himalayan)
Estonian: põhjasalangaan
Finnish: Himalajansalangaani
French: Salangane de l'Himalaya, Salangane de l'Himalaya (nominale), Salangane de l'Himalaya [brevirostris ou innominatus]
Hungarian: himalájai szalangána
Indonesian: Burung Walet Gunung
Italian: Salangana dell'Himalaya
Japanese (romaji): himaraya ana-tsubame, himarayaanatsubame, Himaraya-anatsubame, himarayaanatsubame (brevirostris/innominatus)
Japanese: ヒマラヤアナツバメ, ヒマラヤアナツバメ (brevirostris/innominatus), ヒマラヤアナツバメ(brevirostris/innominatus)
Japanese (Kanji): ヒマラヤ穴燕
Korean: 황해쇠칼새, 황해쇠칼새 (brevirostris/innominatus)
Scientific: Aerodramus brevirostris, Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris, Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris/innominatus, Aerodramus brevirostris rogersi, Aerodramus brevirostris vulcanorum, Aerodramus rogersi, Collocalia brevirostris, Collocalia brevirostris 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: Himalaja-salangaan, Himalayasalangaan, Himalayasalangaan (Himalaya), Salangaan
Norwegian: Orientsalangan, orientsalangan (brevirostris/innominatus)
Polish: salangana himalajska, salangana himalajska (brevirostris/innominatus)
Pinyin: duǎn-zuǐ jīn-sī-yàn
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-dos-himalaias (brevirostris/innominatus)
Russian: Гималайская салангана, Гималайская салангана (brevirostris/innominatus), Салангана гималайская
Slovak: salangána himalájska, salangána himalájska (skup.)
Serbian: Himalajska čiopica (himalajska)
Swedish: Himalayasalangan, himalayasalangan (brevirostris/innominatus)
Thai: นกแอ่นพันธุ์หิมาลัย, นกแอ่นพันธุ์หิมาลัย (brevirostris/innominatus), นกแอ่นพันธุ์หิมาลัย (หิมาลัย)
Thai (Transliteration): nók àeen pʰan hì-maa-lay
Turkish: Himalaya Salanganası, Himalaya Salanganası (brevirostris/innominatus), Himalaya yelyutanı (brevirostris/innominatus)
Ukrainian: Салангана гімалайська
Vietnamese: Chim Yến Đông Dương, Chim Yến núi, Yến núi, Yến núi đuôi rộng
Chinese: 短嘴金丝燕, 短嘴金丝燕(喜山), 短嘴金丝燕(喜马拉雅), 短嘴金絲燕
Chinese (Traditional): 短嘴金絲燕, 短嘴金絲燕( brevirostris/innominatus), 短嘴金絲燕(brevirostris/innominatus), 短嘴金絲燕(喜馬拉雅)

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