Collocalia
Sign in to saveCollocalia is a genus of swifts, containing some of the smaller species termed "swiftlets". Formerly a catch-all genus for these, a number of its former members are now normally (though not by all authors) placed in Aerodramus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyApodidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 806
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Apodidae
- Collections
- WFVZ, ANWC
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Extant
- Fossil species
- References
- Bibliography
Collocalia is a genus of swifts, containing some of the smaller species termed "swiftlets". Formerly a catch-all genus for these, a number of its former members are now normally (though not by all authors) placed in Aerodramus.
==Taxonomy== The genus Collocalia was introduced in 1854 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with Hirundo esculenta Linnaeus, the glossy swiftlet, as the type species. The name Collocalia combines the classical Greek words kolla meaning "glue" and kalia for "nest".
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