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Bombycilla

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q208940
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Summary

Bombycilla is a taxon[1]. Bombycilla ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,025 views/month, #1,511 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Bombycillidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Bombycilla[5]
  • Commons category: Bombycilla[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bombycilla[7]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9]

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Identifiers

Bombycilla's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 7427[10]. Bombycilla's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 125296[11]. Bombycilla's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510952[12]. Bombycilla's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2484604[13]. Bombycilla's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178528[14].

Why It Matters

Bombycilla has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Bombycilla is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i43732
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