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Sand Martin

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25909
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Summary

Sand Martin is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (859 views/month, #1,436 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Riparia[6]
  • Taxon name: Riparia riparia[7]
  • Commons category: Riparia riparia[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Riparia riparia[9]
  • Commons gallery: Riparia riparia[10]
  • Short name: R. riparia[11]
  • Taxon common name: Sand Martin[12], Uferschwalbe[13], Avión zapador[14], Hirondelle de rivage[15], Topino[16], Oeverzwaluw[17], Digesvale[18], Sandsvale[19], Europese Oewerswael[20], Bank Swallow[21], Береговушка[22], ショウドウツバメ[23], gwennol y glennydd[24], oreneta de ribera comuna[25]

Body

Identifiers

Sand Martin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 88110[26]. Sand Martin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511451[27]. Sand Martin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2489160[28]. Sand Martin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178436[29].

Why It Matters

Sand Martin has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Sand Martin receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Brazil Indonesia People's Republic of China

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . birdlife.cz. Retrieved . birdlife.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . 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. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01598914-n
    Interlingual index id → i43688
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  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bank-swallow
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bank-swallow, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911065|bank swallow (#289911065)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0250301-brehule-ricni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0250301-brehule-ricni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Brazil, People's Republic of China, Indonesia +3
    Instance of → —
    Award received → Bird of the Year, Bird of the Year
    Topic's main category → Category:Riparia riparia
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007544286905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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