American Pekin

Summary

American Pekin is a duck breed^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of duck_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (834 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• American Pekin's image is recorded as Amerikanische Pekingenten 2013 01, cropped.jpg^[3].
• American Pekin's instance of is recorded as duck breed^[4].
• Beijing is named after American Pekin^[5].
• Long Island is named after American Pekin^[6].
• American Pekin's subclass of is recorded as domestic duck^[7].
• American Pekin's Commons category is recorded as American Pekin^[8].
• American Pekin's color is recorded as white^[9].
• American Pekin's country of origin is recorded as United States^[10].
• American Pekin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07ylvl^[11].
• American Pekin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Pekin-duck^[12].
• American Pekin's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as pekinand^[13].
• American Pekin's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 156253^[14].
• American Pekin's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as pekinskaia-poroda-utok-fb621a^[15].

Why It Matters

American Pekin ranks in the top 5% of duck_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (834 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]