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African Black Swift

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Taxon taxon Q1272743
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African Black Swift

Summary

African Black Swift is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #1,616 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • African Black Swift's image is recorded as ApusBarbatus TrevorHardaker1.jpg[3].
  • African Black Swift's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • African Black Swift's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • African Black Swift's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • African Black Swift's parent taxon is recorded as Apus[7].
  • African Black Swift's taxon name is recorded as Apus barbatus[8].
  • African Black Swift's Commons category is recorded as Apus barbatus[9].
  • African Black Swift's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22686819[10].
  • African Black Swift's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026_10z[11].
  • African Black Swift's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1160836[12].
  • African Black Swift's ITIS TSN is recorded as 555009[13].
  • African Black Swift's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1048572[14].
  • African Black Swift's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5228648[15].
  • African Black Swift's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. barbatus'}[16].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'coblyn Affrica'}[17].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Black Swift'}[18].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kapsegler'}[19].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Vencejo de El Cabo'}[20].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'falciot del Cap'}[21].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'rorýs kapský'}[22].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'lõunapiiritaja e. lõuna-piirpääsuke'}[23].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Negerseiler'}[24].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Swift'}[25].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Kaapse Gierzwaluw'}[26].
  • African Black Swift's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Капский стриж'}[27].

Why It Matters

African Black Swift ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #1,616 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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