Corvus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q43365
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Corvus

Summary

Corvus is a taxon[1]. Corvus ranks in the top 0.32% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,757 views/month, #618 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Corvus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Corvus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Corvus is classified within Corvidae[5].
  • Corvus belongs to the parent taxon Corvinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Corvus is Corvus[7].
  • Corvus's Commons category is recorded as Corvus[8].
  • Corvus began on -17000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Corvus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Corvus[10].
  • Corvus's Commons gallery is recorded as Corvus (genus)[11].
  • Corvus's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[12].
  • Corvus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[13].
  • Corvus's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14].
  • Corvus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Corvus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+27'}[16].
  • Corvus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+17.5'}[17].
  • Corvus's uses is recorded as tool use by non-humans[18].
  • Corvus's uses is recorded as Q138827213[19].
  • Corvus's has list is recorded as list of crows[20].
  • Corvus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Corvus is Corvus[7]. Corvus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Corvidae[5] and Corvinae[6].

Conservation

Corvus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as 396717008[22].

Identifiers

Corvus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 7998[23]. Corvus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30420[24]. Corvus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510001[25]. Corvus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2482468[26]. Corvus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179724[27].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Corvus include Corvus[28], a constellation[29].

Why It Matters

Corvus ranks in the top 0.32% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,757 views/month, #618 of 195,241).[2] Corvus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Corvus is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Corvus include Corvus[28], a constellation[29].

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. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . ncim-stage.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] . wikidata.org.
  11. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . livescience.com. livescience.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . livescience.com. livescience.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] . iNaturalist. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . ncim-stage.nci.nih.gov. Retrieved . ncim-stage.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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