Genus Aerodramus Oberholser, 1906
- Aerodramus Oberholser, H.C. 1906. A monograph of the genus Collocalia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 58: 177-212 [182] [as subgenus of Collocalia G.R. Gray, 1840; diagnosed in key on p. 179 of protologue].
Type species:
Collocalia innominata Hume, 1873 by original designation (=Aerodramus brevirostris (Horsfield, 1840)). - Zoonava Mathews, G.M. 1914. New genera. Austral Avian Records 2: 110-112 [112] [published without description but based by reference on Cypselus terraereginae Ramsay, 1875, and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5); later published with description in Mathews, G.M. 1918. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 3 pp. 217–320 pls 343–351 [26 Aug. 1918, volume dated as 1918–1919] (246)].
Type species:
Cypselus terraereginae Ramsay, 1875 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brooke, R.K. 1972. Generic limits in old world Apodidae and Hirundinidae. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 92: 53-57 [55]
- Devillers, P. 1976–1980. Project de Nomenclature française des Oiseaux du Monde. Le Gerfaut 66: 153-168, 391-421; 67: 171-200, 337-365, 469-489; 68: 129-136, 233-240, 703-720; 70: 121-146
- Medway, Lord & Pye, J.D. 1977. Echolocation and the systematics of swiftlets. pp. 225-238 in Stonehouse, B. & Perrins, C. (eds). Evolutionary Ecology. London : Macmillan vi 310 pp.
- White, C.M.N. & Bruce, M.D. 1986. The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia). An annotated check-list. B.O.U. Check-list No. 7. London : British Ornithologists' Union 524 pp.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
APODIDAE: Aerodramus francicus (Gmelin, 1789)
APODIDAE: Aerodramus fuciphagus (Thunberg, 1812)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
India, SE Asia, Philippines, Indonesian archipelagos, Papuasia, outlying island groups in Indian and west Pacific Ocean.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, N Gulf, NE coast, NE coastal, NE oceanic, Torres Strait Islands
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Sulawesi (Celebes)
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Vanuatu
Oriental Region
- Philippines
Distribution References
- Peters, J.L. 1940. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 4 xii 291 pp. (Collocalia whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 to C. hirundinacea Stresemann, 1914)
- Stresemann, E. 1925. Bruchstücke einer Revision der Salanganen (Collocalia). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 11: 179-190 (Collocalia francica (Gmelin, 1789), C. fuciphaga (Thunberg, 1812))
- Wolters, H.E. 1976. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey pp. Lief. 2, 81-160. (subgenus Aerodramus Oberholser, 1906)
General References
Beehler, B.M. & Finch, B.W. 1985. Species-Checklist of the Birds of New Guinea. Australasian Ornithological Monographs No. 1. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iii 126 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Brooke, R.K. 1970. Taxonomic and evolutionary notes on the subfamilies, tribes, genera and subgenera of the swifts (Aves: Apodidae). Durban Museum Novitates 9: 13-24 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as subgenus Salangana Streubel, 1848)
Hartert, E. 1892. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Picariae. Coraciae. London : British Museum Vol. 16 xvi 703 pp., xiv pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Mathews, G.M. 1918. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pts i-iv xii pp. 1-384 pls 325-362. [Date published 4 Mar. 1918: volume publication dated as 1918–1919; Publication of Pt 1 (4 Mar. 1918), Pt 2 (15 May 1918), Pt 3 (26 Aug.), Pt 4 (19 Dec 1918), Pt 5 (12 June 1919)] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Peters, J.L. 1940. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 4 xii 291 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Salomonsen, F. 1983. Revision of the Melanesian swiftlets (Apodes, Aves) and their conspecific forms in the Indo-Australian and Polynesian region. Noona Dan Papers no. 141. Biologiske Skrifter Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 23(5): 1-112 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Stresemann, E. 1925. Bruchstücke einer Revision der Salanganen (Collocalia). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 11: 179-190 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Wolters, H.E. 1976. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey pp. Lief. 2, 81-160. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)