Temporal range: Early Miocene (Altonian)-recent ~19–0 Ma
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Glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Clade:
Strisores
Order:
Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
Tribe:
Collocaliini
Genus:
Collocalia G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Hirundo esculenta[1]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
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.
The genus Collocalia was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1854.[2][3] The name Collocalia combines the classical Greek words kolla meaning "glue" and kalia for "nest".[4]
The genus previously contained fewer species. Seven subspecies of the glossy swiftlet were promoted to species status based on a detailed analysis of the swiftlets in the genus Collocalia published in 2017.[5][6]
Balinsasayaw birds found in San Pascual, Masbate in the Philippines
^"Apodidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
^Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 220.
^Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 8.
^Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^Rheindt, Frank E.; Christidis, Les; Norman, Janette A.; Eaton, James A.; Sadanandan, Keren R.; Schodde, Richard (2017). "Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the Collocalia esculenta complex". Zootaxa. 4250 (5): 401–433. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4250.5.1.
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