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Black Swan

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q131044
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Summary

Black Swan is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,265 views/month, #736 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Cygnus[5]
  • Endemic to: Australia[6]
  • Taxon name: Cygnus atratus[7]
  • Commons category: Cygnus atratus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cygnus atratus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Cygnus atratus[10]
  • Original combination: Anas atratus[11]
  • Short name: C. atratus[12]
  • Taxon common name: alarch du[13], Black Swan[14], Schwarzschwan[15], Cisne negro[16], cigne negre[17], labuť černá[18], mustluik[19], Svartsvane[20], Swartswaan[21], أوزة سوداء[22], Qara ququşu[23], Черен лебед[24], Alarc'h du[25], Crni labud[26]

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Identifiers

Black Swan's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8868[27]. Black Swan's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515904[28]. Black Swan's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498344[29]. Black Swan's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553906[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Black Swan include it[31], a film[32], directed by Darren Aronofsky[33].

Why It Matters

Black Swan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include it[31], a film[32], directed by Darren Aronofsky[33].

Related Entities

Australia Black Swan Saint-Bandry

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Cygnus atratus
    Litter size → {'amount': '+5.5'}
    Nztcs conservation status → not threatened
    Different from → rare event
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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