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Collocalia esculenta (glossy swiftlet)

Osteichthyes - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae

Taxonomy
Hirundo esculenta was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Collocalia esculenta by Balouet and Olson (1989), Steadman et al. (1999), Reis and Garong (2001), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Hirundo esculenta Linnaeus p. 191
1989Collocalia esculenta Balouet and Olson p. 22
1999Collocalia esculenta Steadman et al.
2001Collocalia esculenta Reis and Garong
2013Collocalia esculenta Meijer et al. p. 887 fig. 4L
2017Collocalia esculenta Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
familyApodidaeHartert 1897
genusCollocaliaGray 1840
speciesesculenta()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Collocalia esculenta Linnaeus 1758 [glossy swiftlet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:35:04
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:35:04
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Collocalia esculenta (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Collocalia esculenta (193367 193395 193399 193400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Collocalia esculenta (194833 194835 194836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea Collocalia esculenta (194693 194694)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Collocalia esculenta (193392)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Collocalia esculenta (13221 193986 193987)