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Apus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q310465
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Summary

Apus is a taxon[1]. Apus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month, #1,566 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Apodidae[4], Apodini[5]
  • Taxon name: Apus[6]
  • Commons category: Apus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Apus (bird)[8]
  • Commons gallery: Apus (Apodidae)[9]
  • Taxon synonym: Micropus[10], Brachypus[11]
  • Topic has template: Q22847988[12]
  • Taxon common name: rorýs[13]
  • Homonymous taxon: Apus[14]

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Identifiers

Apus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 6611[15]. Apus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8894[16]. Apus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2235048[17]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 178006[18], 83762[19], and 178007[20].

Why It Matters

Apus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Apus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 178006, 83762, 178007
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 178007, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 4d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 178006, 83762, 178007
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 83762, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Q22847988
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 21837, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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