blue-footed booby

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q457267
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Summary

blue-footed booby is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,539 views/month, #1,174 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Sula[5]
  • Taxon name: Sula nebouxii[6]
  • Commons category: Sula nebouxii[7]
  • Color: blue[8]
  • Has part(s): leg[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sula nebouxii[10]
  • Commons gallery: Sula nebouxii[11]
  • Taxon common name: Blue-footed Booby[12], Piquero camanay[13], Blaufußtölpel[14], Fou à pieds bleus[15], Sula piediazzurri[16], Голубоногая олуша[17], Blauwvoetgent[18], Blåfodet Sule[19], Blåfotsule[20], アオアシカツオドリ[21], mascarell camablau[22], terej modronohý[23], sinijalg-suula[24], sinijalkasuula[25]
  • Mass: 61 g[26], 1.283 kg[27], 1.801 kg[28]

Body

Identifiers

blue-footed booby's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3786[29]. blue-footed booby's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37087[30]. blue-footed booby's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509067[31]. blue-footed booby's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480978[32]. blue-footed booby's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174702[33].

Why It Matters

blue-footed booby has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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