Cave swiftlet

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q31961
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Summary

Cave swiftlet is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cave swiftlet's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cave swiftlet is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • swiftlet is named after Cave swiftlet[5].
  • Cave swiftlet's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Cave swiftlet is classified within Collocalia[7].
  • Cave swiftlet is endemic to Indonesia[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cave swiftlet is Collocalia linchi[9].
  • Cave swiftlet's Commons category is recorded as Collocalia linchi[10].
  • Cave swiftlet's described by source is recorded as A catalogue of the birds in the Museum of the Honorable East India Company[11].
  • Cave swiftlet's short name is recorded as C. linchi[12].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as salangana linchi[13].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as salangana sundská[14].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as corgoblyn ogof[15].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Sundasalangan[16].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Braunkehlsalangane[17].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Linchisalangane[18].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Cave Swiftlet[19].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Linchi Swiftlet[20].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Kavapuseto[21].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Salangana linchi[22].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as rohe-läiksalangaan[23].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as sumatranloistosalangaani[24].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Salangane linchi[25].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as javanska čiopica[26].
  • Cave swiftlet is commonly known as Linchi-szalangána[27].

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Classification

Cave swiftlet's scientific name is Collocalia linchi[9]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Collocalia[7]. Recorded taxon common name include salangana linchi[13], salangana sundská[14], corgoblyn ogof[15], Sundasalangan[16], Braunkehlsalangane[17], and Linchisalangane[18].

Discovery and Description

swiftlet is named after Cave swiftlet[5].

Distribution

Cave swiftlet is endemic to Indonesia[8].

Identifiers

Cave swiftlet's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 578254[28]. Cave swiftlet's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46495[29]. Cave swiftlet's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45516377[30]. Cave swiftlet's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2477326[31]. Cave swiftlet's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554945[32].

Why It Matters

Cave swiftlet ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Cave Swiftlet (Collocalia linchi) 1.jpg
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Described by source → A catalogue of the birds in the Museum of the Honorable East India Company
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2'}
    Named after → swiftlet
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