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Black-headed Heron

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Taxon taxon Q220578
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Black-headed Heron

Summary

Black-headed Heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black-headed Heron's image is recorded as 2009-black-headed-heron.jpg[3].
  • Black-headed Heron's image is recorded as Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala).jpg[4].
  • Black-headed Heron's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Black-headed Heron's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Black-headed Heron's parent taxon is recorded as Ardea[8].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon name is recorded as Ardea melanocephala[9].
  • Black-headed Heron's Commons category is recorded as Ardea melanocephala[10].
  • Black-headed Heron's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22697008[11].
  • Black-headed Heron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029bn3[12].
  • Black-headed Heron's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2492403[13].
  • Black-headed Heron's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174787[14].
  • Black-headed Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480923[15].
  • Black-headed Heron's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 212667[16].
  • Black-headed Heron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ardea melanocephala[17].
  • Black-headed Heron's Commons gallery is recorded as Ardea melanocephala[18].
  • Black-headed Heron's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[19].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black-headed Heron'}[20].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwarzhalsreiher'}[21].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Garza cabecinegra'}[22].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'bernat capnegre'}[23].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'volavka africká'}[24].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'savannihaigur'}[25].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Svarthodehegre'}[26].
  • Black-headed Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Черношейная цапля'}[27].

Why It Matters

Black-headed Heron ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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