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Caprimulgidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q27244
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Summary

Caprimulgidae is a taxon[1]. Caprimulgidae ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,263 views/month, #702 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Caprimulgiformes[4]
  • Taxon name: Caprimulgidae[5]
  • Commons category: Caprimulgidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Caprimulgidae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Caprimulgidae[8]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Taxon common name: nattravnfamilien[12], ležetrudniki[13]
  • Different from: Chupacabra[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[16]

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Identifiers

Caprimulgidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 19376[17]. Caprimulgidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48283[18]. Caprimulgidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7971[19]. Caprimulgidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5225[20]. Caprimulgidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177958[21].

Why It Matters

Caprimulgidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Caprimulgidae is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Brazil

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. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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