chicken

Summary

chicken is an organisms known by a particular common name^[1]. chicken ranks in the top 1% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,945 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• chicken's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name^[3].
• chicken's instance of is recorded as model organism^[4].
• chicken's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• chicken is classified at the rank of subspecies^[6].
• chicken belongs to the parent taxon Red Junglefowl^[7].
• Under binomial nomenclature, chicken is Gallus gallus domesticus^[8].
• chicken is a type of productive animal^[9].
• chicken is a type of poultry^[10].
• chicken's Commons category is recorded as Chickens^[11].
• chicken's Unicode character is recorded as 🐔^[12].
• chicken comprises rooster^[13].
• chicken comprises hen^[14].
• chicken's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chickens^[15].
• chicken's Commons gallery is recorded as Chickens^[16].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[18].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[19].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition^[21].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[22].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[24].
• chicken's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[25].
• chicken's original combination is recorded as Phasianus domesticus^[26].
• chicken's taxon synonym is recorded as Gallus domesticus^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, chicken is Gallus gallus domesticus^[8]. chicken is classified at the rank of subspecies^[6]. chicken is classified within Red Junglefowl^[7].

Identifiers

chicken's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 505478^[28]. chicken's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9457155^[29].

Discovery and Description

Things named for chicken include Trump Always Chickens Out^[30], an acronym^[31]; Los Pollos Hermanos^[32], a fictional fast food restaurant chain^[33]; Gallimimus^[34], a fossil taxon^[35]; chicken fight^[36]; astrochicken^[37]; Little Chicken Game Company^[38], a video game developer^[39], in Netherlands^[40], founded in 2001^[41], headquartered in Amsterdam^[42]; and Nevegal^[43], a plateau^[44], in Italy^[45].

Why It Matters

chicken ranks in the top 1% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,945 views/month).^[2] chicken has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] chicken is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for chicken include Trump Always Chickens Out^[30], an acronym^[31]; Los Pollos Hermanos^[32], a fictional fast food restaurant chain^[33]; Gallimimus^[34], a fossil taxon^[35]; chicken fight^[36]; astrochicken^[37]; and Little Chicken Game Company^[38], a video game developer^[39], in Netherlands^[40], founded in 2001^[41], headquartered in Amsterdam^[42].