Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Philip Chantler and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2017
Text last updated February 26, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | falciot d'Assam |
| Chinese (SIM) | 暗背雨燕 |
| Czech | rorýs ásámský |
| Dutch | Zwartruggierzwaluw |
| English | Dark-rumped Swift |
| English (United States) | Dark-rumped Swift |
| French | Martinet d'Assam |
| French (France) | Martinet d'Assam |
| German | Glanzrückensegler |
| Japanese | セグロアマツバメ |
| Norwegian | khasiseiler |
| Polish | jerzyk ostrosterny |
| Russian | Блестящий стриж |
| Serbian | Butanska čiopa |
| Slovak | dážďovník tmavochrbtý |
| Spanish | Vencejo de Los Khasi |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo de los Khasi |
| Swedish | mörkryggig seglare |
| Thai | นกแอ่นท้องลาย |
| Turkish | Benekli Ebabil |
| Ukrainian | Серпокрилець гімалайський |
Apus acuticauda (Jerdon, 1864)
PROTONYM:
Cypselus acuticauda
Jerdon, 1864. The birds of India; being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India: with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India 3 (""2 pt2""), p.870.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- APUS
- apus
- acuticauda
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Dark-rumped Swift
