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Barn Swallow

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25429
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Summary

Barn Swallow is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,737 views/month, #516 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: Hirundo[6]
  • Taxon name: Hirundo rustica[7]
  • Commons category: Hirundo rustica[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hirundo rustica[9]
  • Commons gallery: Hirundo rustica[10]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Q110300344[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13]
  • Short name: H. rustica[14]
  • Taxon common name: Barn Swallow[15], Rauchschwalbe[16], Golondrina Común[17], oreneta comuna[18], vlaštovka obecná[19], gwennol[20], suitsupääsuke[21], Låvesvale[22], Деревенская ласточка[23], ツバメ[24], Landsvale[25], haarapääsky[26], füsti fecske[27], dymówka[28]

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Identifiers

Barn Swallow's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43150[29]. Barn Swallow's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9515886[30]. Barn Swallow's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178448[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Barn Swallow include Mount Tsubakuro[32], a mountain[33], in Japan[34] and La Randoleta[35], a magazine[36].

Why It Matters

Barn Swallow has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include Mount Tsubakuro[32], a mountain[33], in Japan[34] and La Randoleta[35], a magazine[36].

FAQs

What awards did Barn Swallow receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Brazil People's Republic of China

References

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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. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . 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. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 55498
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 55498, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102089290|Rauchschwalbe (#102089290)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxon"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → barn-swallow
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: barn-swallow, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911183|barn swallow (#289911183)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.32'}
    Regional conservation status → Near Threatened
    Nomenclatural type of → Hirundo
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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