Home › Entities › taxon › scissor-tailed kite

scissor-tailed kite

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q1050275
scissor-tailed kite
Louis Agassiz Fuertes · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

scissor-tailed kite

Summary

scissor-tailed kite is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • scissor-tailed kite's image is recorded as Chelictinia riocourii Fuertes.jpg[3].
  • scissor-tailed kite's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • scissor-tailed kite's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • scissor-tailed kite's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[6].
  • scissor-tailed kite's parent taxon is recorded as Chelictinia[7].
  • scissor-tailed kite's taxon name is recorded as Chelictinia riocourii[8].
  • scissor-tailed kite's Commons category is recorded as Chelictinia riocourii[9].
  • scissor-tailed kite's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22695042[10].
  • scissor-tailed kite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w4j_w[11].
  • scissor-tailed kite's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2763549[12].
  • scissor-tailed kite's ITIS TSN is recorded as 559183[13].
  • scissor-tailed kite's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515784[14].
  • scissor-tailed kite's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480364[15].
  • scissor-tailed kite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chelictinia riocourii[16].
  • scissor-tailed kite's Commons gallery is recorded as Chelictinia riocourii[17].
  • scissor-tailed kite's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1388695[18].
  • scissor-tailed kite's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[19].
  • scissor-tailed kite's original combination is recorded as Elanoides riocourii[20].
  • scissor-tailed kite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/swallow-tailed-kite-bird-Chelictinia-riocourii[21].
  • scissor-tailed kite's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. riocourii'}[22].
  • scissor-tailed kite's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'barcud cynffonfforchog'}[23].
  • scissor-tailed kite's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Scissor-tailed Kite'}[24].
  • scissor-tailed kite's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwalbenschwanzaar'}[25].
  • scissor-tailed kite's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Elanio golondrina'}[26].
  • scissor-tailed kite's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'elani de cua forcada'}[27].

Why It Matters

scissor-tailed kite ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Burkina Faso

References

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

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. 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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). scissor-tailed kite. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scissor-tailed-kite
MLA “scissor-tailed kite.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scissor-tailed-kite.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scissor-tailed-kite_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{scissor-tailed kite}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scissor-tailed-kite}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): scissor-tailed kite — https://4ort.xyz/entity/scissor-tailed-kite (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/scissor-tailed-kite · Last refreshed: