Hirundinidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q39861
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Hirundinidae

Summary

Hirundinidae is a taxon[1]. Hirundinidae ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,315 views/month, #522 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hirundinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hirundinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Hirundinidae belongs to the parent taxon passerines[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Hirundinidae is Hirundinidae[6].
  • Hirundinidae's Commons category is recorded as Hirundinidae[7].
  • Hirundinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hirundinidae[8].
  • Hirundinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Q8973600[9].
  • Hirundinidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Hirundinidae[10].
  • Hirundinidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • Hirundinidae's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[19].
  • Hirundinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'svalefamilien'}[20].
  • Hirundinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lastovke'}[21].
  • Hirundinidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • Hirundinidae's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[23].

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Classification

Hirundinidae's scientific name is Hirundinidae[6]. Hirundinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Hirundinidae is classified within passerines[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'svalefamilien'}[20] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lastovke'}[21].

Identifiers

Hirundinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 11853[24]. Hirundinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43148[25]. Hirundinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7544[26]. Hirundinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5248[27]. Hirundinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178423[28].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Hirundinidae include Tokyo Yakult Swallows[29], a baseball team[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1950[32], headquartered in Tokyo[33].

Why It Matters

Hirundinidae ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,315 views/month, #522 of 195,241).[2] Hirundinidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Hirundinidae is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Hirundinidae include Tokyo Yakult Swallows[29], a baseball team[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1950[32], headquartered in Tokyo[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [25] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Code of nomenclature International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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    Parent taxon passerines
    Described by source Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +5
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