Asian Woolly-necked Stork

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q44327
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Summary

Asian Woolly-necked Stork is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (343 views/month, #1,574 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ciconia[5]
  • Taxon name: Ciconia episcopus[6]
  • Commons category: Ciconia episcopus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ciconia episcopus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Ciconia episcopus[9]
  • Short name: C. episcopus[10]
  • Taxon common name: Asian Woolly-necked Stork[11], Asien-Wollhalsstorch[12], Wolnekooievaar[13], นกกระสาคอขาว[14], Cigüeña lanuda asiática[15], cigonya collblanca asiàtica[16], čáp bělokrký[17], villkael-toonekurg[18], Ullhalsstork[19], Белошейный аист[20], エンビコウ[21], Uldhalsstork[22], ciconia gyddfwyn[23], piispahaikara[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Litter size: 2.8[26]
  • Taxon range: Africa[27]

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Identifiers

Asian Woolly-necked Stork's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4738[28]. Asian Woolly-necked Stork's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52776[29]. Asian Woolly-necked Stork's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515775[30]. Asian Woolly-necked Stork's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481918[31]. Asian Woolly-necked Stork's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174908[32].

Why It Matters

Asian Woolly-necked Stork has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. 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. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2.8'}
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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