Alcidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q28294
Alcidae
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Alcidae

Summary

Alcidae is a taxon[1]. Alcidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,625 views/month, #1,295 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alcidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alcidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Alcidae is classified within Pan-Alcidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Alcidae is Alcidae[6].
  • Alcidae is a type of Q141523767[7].
  • Alcidae's Commons category is recorded as Alcidae[8].
  • Alcidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alcidae[9].
  • Alcidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Alcidae[10].
  • Alcidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Alcidae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Alcidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Alcidae's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • Alcidae is commonly known as alkefamilien[15].
  • Alcidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].
  • Alcidae's P14541 is recorded as nXbo9[17].

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Classification

Alcidae's scientific name is Alcidae[6]. Alcidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Alcidae belongs to the parent taxon Pan-Alcidae[5]. Alcidae is commonly known as alkefamilien[15].

Identifiers

Alcidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71295[18]. Alcidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28683[19]. Alcidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8015[20]. Alcidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2985[21]. Alcidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176967[22].

Why It Matters

Alcidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,625 views/month, #1,295 of 195,241).[2] Alcidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Alcidae is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141523767
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141523767]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790008174057"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → nXbo9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10853, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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