Cuculus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q746658
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Cuculus

Summary

Cuculus is a taxon[1]. Cuculus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cuculus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cuculus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cuculus belongs to the parent taxon Cuculidae[5].
  • Cuculus's scientific name is Cuculus[6].
  • Cuculus's Commons category is recorded as Cuculus[7].
  • Cuculus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cuculus[8].
  • Cuculus's Commons gallery is recorded as Cuculus[9].
  • Cuculus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • Cuculus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11].
  • Cuculus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cuculus is Cuculus[6]. Cuculus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cuculus is classified within Cuculidae[5].

Identifiers

Cuculus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1897[13]. Cuculus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 33592[14]. Cuculus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510714[15]. Cuculus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2336662[16]. Cuculus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177821[17].

Why It Matters

Cuculus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2] Cuculus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

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. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Cuculidae
    Instance of
    Instance of taxon
    Topic's main category Category:Cuculus
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