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Tahiti or Pacific Swallow

Hirundo [tahitica or javanica] (= Hirundo tahitica) Gmelin, JF 1789

The Pacific swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements. This bird is associated with coasts, but is increasingly spreading to forested uplands. The hill swallow was formerly considered conspecific. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Gmelin, JF 1789

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.1016

Protonym:
  Hirundo tahitica

Type locality:
  Tahiti.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656511

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B9AC53DEE40266A7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B9AC53DE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B9AC53DE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560490

Geographic range:

  • Hirundo tahitica: Moorea and Tahiti (Society Islands, east-central Polynesia)
  • 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
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Tahiti or Pacific Swallow
French:
Hirondelle de Tahiti ou H. de Java

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tahiti or Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo [tahitica or javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo tahitica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Tahiti or Pacific Swallow ( Hirundo [tahitica or javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.52:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hirundo tahitica [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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

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Azerbaijani: qəhvəyiboyun qaranquş
Bulgarian: Тихоокеанска лястовица
Catalan: oreneta del Pacífic
Czech: Vlaštovka rezavohrdlá
Welsh: Gwennol y Dwyrain
Danish: Stillehavssvale
German: Kurzschnabelschwalbe, Südseeschwalbe, Tahitischwalbe
Greek: Ειρηνικού χελιδόνι
English: Coast House-Swallow, Eastern House Swallow, Eastern House-Swallow, House Swallow, Pacific Swallow, Pacific Swallow (Pacific), Tahiti or Pacific Swallow
English, HBW: House/Tahiti Swallow (not domicola)
English (IOC): Pacific Swallow
English (United States): Pacific Swallow
Esperanto: Pacifika hirundo
Spanish: Golondrina de Tahití, Golondrina del Pacífico, Golondrina Pacífica
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina del Pacífico
Spanish (HBW): Pacific Swallow
Estonian: rand-suitsupääsuke
Finnish: Tyynenmerenpääsky
French: Hirondelle de Tahiti, Hirondelle de Tahiti (tahitica), Hirondelle de Tahiti ou H. de Java, Hirondelle du Pacifique
Frisian: Súdseeswel
Galician: Andoriña do Tahití
Croatian: Smeđotrba lastavica, tahitska lastavica
Hungarian: déltengeri fecske
Indonesian: Burung Layang-layang Batu, Layanglayang Batu, Layang-layang batu, Layang-layang biasa, Wala-walangké
Icelandic: Hæðasvala
Italian: Rondine del Pacifico
Japanese (romaji): ryūkyū tsubame, Ryukyu-tsubame, ryuukyuutsubame
Japanese: リュウキュウツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): 琉球燕
Scientific: Hirundo [tahitica or javanica], Hirundo tahitica, Hirundo tahitica [tahitica Group], Hirundo tahitica tahitica
Lithuanian: Taitinė šelmeninė kregždė
Latvian: dienvidjūru bezdelīga
Malayalam: കാന  കത്രികപ്പക്ഷി
Malay: Burung Layang-layang, Burung Layang-Layang Pasifik, Burung Sualo Batu, Layang-Layang Pasifik
Dutch: Zuidzeezwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kystsvale
Norwegian: Kystsvale
Polish: jaskólka pacyficzna, jaskółka pacyficzna
Pinyin: yáng bān yàn, yáng yàn
Portuguese: Andorinha-do-pacífico
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinha-do-pacífico
Russian: Домовая ласточка, Коричневогорлая (настоящая) ласточка, коричневогорлая ласточка, Тихоокеанская ласточка
Slovak: lastovička tichomorská
Serbian: Pacifička lasta
Swedish: Kustsvala
Tamil: நாட்டுத் தகைவிலான்
Thai: นกนางแอ่นแปซิฟิก, นกนางแอ่นแปซิฟิค
Thai (Transliteration): nók naaŋ-àeen paee-sí-fík
Turkish: Pasifik kırlangıcı, Tahiti kırlangıcı
Tahitian: ope'a
Ukrainian: Ластівка південноазійська
Vietnamese: Chim Nhạn đuôi đen, Nhạn đuôi đen
Chinese: 洋斑燕, 洋燕
Chinese (Traditional): 洋斑燕, 洋燕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 洋燕
Chinese (Taiwan): 洋燕

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