South African Cliff Swallow

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South African Cliff Swallow

Summary

South African Cliff Swallow is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • South African Cliff Swallow's image is recorded as South African Swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera).jpg[3].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's parent taxon is recorded as Petrochelidon[7].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon range map image is recorded as Petrochelidon spilodera distribution map, sans legend.png[8].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon name is recorded as Petrochelidon spilodera[9].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's Commons category is recorded as Petrochelidon spilodera[10].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22712412[11].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w6thc[12].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 317141[13].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's ITIS TSN is recorded as 916683[14].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5846402[15].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[16].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. spilodera'}[17].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'South African Cliff Swallow'}[18].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Klippenschwalbe'}[19].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Golondrina Sudafricana'}[20].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'oreneta sud-africana'}[21].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'vlaštovka pospolitá'}[22].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'rohtla-kaljupääsuke'}[23].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Fregnesvale'}[24].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Южноафриканская горная ласточка'}[25].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ナンアサンショクツバメ'}[26].
  • South African Cliff Swallow's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Kapklippesvale'}[27].

Why It Matters

South African Cliff Swallow ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. 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.

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