Cuculiformes

order of birds (Aves)
Taxon taxon Q183364
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Cuculiformes

Summary

Cuculiformes is a taxon[1]. Cuculiformes ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146 views/month, #1,591 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cuculiformes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cuculiformes is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Cuculiformes is classified within Otidimorphae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cuculiformes is Cuculiformes[6].
  • Cuculiformes's Commons category is recorded as Cuculiformes[7].
  • Cuculiformes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cuculiformes[8].
  • Cuculiformes's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'gjøkfugler'}[10].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kukavice'}[11].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cuckoos'}[12].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Кукушкообразные'}[13].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Зязюлепадобныя'}[14].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '뻐꾸기목'}[15].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cucos y afines'}[16].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Cucos e afins'}[17].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Koekoeksvogels'}[18].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鵑形目'}[19].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Käolised'}[20].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kukačky'}[21].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kuckucksvögel'}[22].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鹃形目'}[23].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'käkilinnut'}[24].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'カッコウ目'}[25].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Coucous et apparentés'}[26].
  • Cuculiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Kukułkowe'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cuculiformes is Cuculiformes[6]. Cuculiformes is classified at the rank of order[4]. Cuculiformes belongs to the parent taxon Otidimorphae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'gjøkfugler'}[10], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kukavice'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cuckoos'}[12], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Кукушкообразные'}[13], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Зязюлепадобныя'}[14], and {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '뻐꾸기목'}[15].

Identifiers

Cuculiformes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1623[28]. Cuculiformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8940[29]. Cuculiformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7596[30]. Cuculiformes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1492[31]. Cuculiformes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177816[32].

Why It Matters

Cuculiformes ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146 views/month, #1,591 of 195,241).[2] Cuculiformes has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Cuculiformes is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'en', 'eo
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  2. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i44902
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01825064-n
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  3. 15w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'gjøkfugler'}, {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kukavice'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cuckoos'} +32
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  4. 17w ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'gjøkfugler'}, {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kukavice'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cuckoos'} +32
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  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Kukavice
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2120172
    Taxon range → Brazil
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