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Athene

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q663507
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Athene

Summary

Athene is a taxon[1]. Athene ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Athene's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Athene is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Athene is classified within true owls[5].
  • Athene belongs to the parent taxon Surniinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Athene is Athene[7].
  • Athene's Commons category is recorded as Athene[8].
  • Athene's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Athene (bird)[9].
  • Athene's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Athene is Athene[7]. Athene is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include true owls[5] and Surniinae[6].

Identifiers

Athene's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 19974[11]. Athene's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 126785[12]. Athene's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510744[13]. Athene's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2497239[14]. Athene's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177945[15].

Why It Matters

Athene ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2] Athene has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Athene is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · 雅典娜241 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → true owls, Surniinae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q98417590]]"
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