Ciconia

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q6471715
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Ciconia

Summary

Ciconia is a taxon[1]. Ciconia ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (756 views/month, #1,512 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ciconia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ciconia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ciconia belongs to the parent taxon stork[5].
  • Ciconia is classified within Ciconiini[6].
  • Ciconia's scientific name is Ciconia[7].
  • Ciconia's Commons category is recorded as Ciconia[8].
  • Ciconia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ciconia[9].
  • Ciconia's Commons gallery is recorded as Ciconia[10].
  • Ciconia's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11].
  • Ciconia's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12].
  • Ciconia's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • Ciconia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Ciconia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Ciconia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Ciconia's different from is recorded as Q108352147[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ciconia is Ciconia[7]. Ciconia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include stork[5] and Ciconiini[6].

Identifiers

Ciconia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4731[18]. Ciconia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8927[19]. Ciconia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511505[20]. Ciconia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481908[21]. Ciconia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174905[22].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ciconia include Leleka-100[23], an aircraft model[24] and Tramplin Stork[25], a ski jumping complex[26], in Russia[27], founded in 1970[28].

Why It Matters

Ciconia ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (756 views/month, #1,512 of 195,241).[2] Ciconia has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Ciconia is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for Ciconia include Leleka-100[23], an aircraft model[24] and Tramplin Stork[25], a ski jumping complex[26], in Russia[27], founded in 1970[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . 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. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . 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. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Topic's main category Category:Ciconia
    Different from Q108352147
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