Aepyornis

genus of birds (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q2638301
Aepyornis
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Summary

Aepyornis is a fossil taxon[1]. Aepyornis ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,314 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aepyornis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Aepyornis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Aepyornis belongs to the parent taxon elephant bird or aepyornithiformes[5].
  • Aepyornis is endemic to Madagascar[6].
  • Aepyornis's location of discovery is recorded as Madagascar[7].
  • Aepyornis's scientific name is Aepyornis[8].
  • Aepyornis's Commons category is recorded as Aepyornis[9].
  • Aepyornis ended on 1000[10].
  • Aepyornis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aepyornis[11].
  • Aepyornis's Commons gallery is recorded as Aepyornis[12].
  • Aepyornis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • Aepyornis's different from is recorded as elephant bird or aepyornithiformes[14].
  • Aepyornis's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'kilogram', 'amount': '+540'}[15].
  • Aepyornis's extinction date is recorded as 1000[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Aepyornis is Aepyornis[8]. Aepyornis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Aepyornis belongs to the parent taxon elephant bird or aepyornithiformes[5].

Distribution

Aepyornis is endemic to Madagascar[6].

Identifiers

Aepyornis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 570882[17]. Aepyornis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 748141[18]. Aepyornis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4844154[19].

Why It Matters

Aepyornis ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,314 views/month).[2] Aepyornis has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Aepyornis is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . 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. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i43254
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01524946-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  2. 23w ago · Paucabot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → elephant bird or aepyornithiformes
    End time → —
    Endemic to → Madagascar
    Topic's main category → Category:Aepyornis
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Time period: Holocene"
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