Common Swift

Summary

Common Swift is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,163 views/month, #704 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Common Swift received the Bird of the Year^[3].
• Common Swift received the Bird of the Year^[4].
• Common Swift received the Bird of the Year^[5].
• Common Swift's video is recorded as Common swift (Apus apus) nest box fight-20080806.ogv^[6].
• Common Swift's image is recorded as Common Swift 2025 07 18 02 (cropped).jpg^[7].
• Common Swift's instance of is recorded as taxon^[8].
• Common Swift's audio is recorded as Mauersegler.ogg^[9].
• Common Swift's taxon rank is recorded as species^[10].
• Common Swift's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[11].
• Common Swift's parent taxon is recorded as Apus^[12].
• Common Swift's taxon range map image is recorded as Apus apus distribution map.png^[13].
• Common Swift's endemic to is recorded as Namdapha National Park^[14].
• Common Swift's endemic to is recorded as Sela Pass^[15].
• Common Swift's taxon name is recorded as Apus apus^[16].
• Common Swift's GND ID is recorded as 4221212-1^[17].
• Common Swift's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2015000590^[18].
• Common Swift's Commons category is recorded as Apus apus^[19].
• Common Swift's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22686800^[20].
• Common Swift's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hht7^[21].
• Common Swift's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8895^[22].
• Common Swift's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph392405^[23].
• Common Swift's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178010^[24].
• Common Swift's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 8782^[25].
• Common Swift's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 369020^[26].
• Common Swift's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5228676^[27].

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Recognition

Awards received include Bird of the Year^[3], an award^[28], in Czech Republic^[29], founded in 1992^[30].

Why It Matters

Common Swift ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,163 views/month, #704 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

FAQs

What awards did Common Swift receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year^[3], Bird of the Year^[4], and Bird of the Year^[5].