Hirundapus cochinchinensis [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti] (Silver-backed Needletail [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti])

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Silver-backed Needletail [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti]

Hirundapus cochinchinensis [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti] (= Hirundapus cochinchinensis cochinchinensis) (Oustalet, J-FÉ 1878)

Classification

Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Hirundapus
Scientific:
  Hirundapus cochinchinensis cochinchinensis

Original description

Citation:
(Oustalet, J-FÉ 1878)

Reference:
Bull. (Sci.) Soc. Philomath. [Paris] (7), 2 p.52

Protonym:
Chaetura cochinchinensis

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31629192

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D16E4229C0964B9D

Avibase ID:
avibase-D16E4229

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D16E4229

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554986

Geographic range:

Hirundapus cochinchinensis rupchandi: Central Nepal; winters to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Silver-backed Needletail [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti]
French:
Martinet de Cochinchine [cochinchinensis ou rupchandi, excl. ernsti]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Silver-backed Needletail [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti] ( Hirundapus cochinchinensis [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Silver-backed Needletail [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti] ( Hirundapus cochinchinensis [cochinchinensis or rupchandi, excl. ernsti])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: White-vented Spinetailed Swift ( Hirundapus cochinchinensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): White-vented Spinetailed Swift ( Hirundapus cochinchinensis) [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Hirund-apus caudacutus cochinchinensis [version 3]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Hirund-apus caudacutus cochinchinensis [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Hirundapus [caudacutus, cochinchinensis, giganteus or celebensis]

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