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Dacelo

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q340041
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Summary

Dacelo is a taxon[1]. Dacelo ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,263 views/month, #588 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Alcedinidae[4]
  • Endemic to: Australia[5], New Guinea[6]
  • Taxon name: Dacelo[7]
  • Commons category: Dacelo[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dacelo[9]
  • Commons gallery: Dacelo[10]
  • Taxon common name: kookaburra[11]
  • Mass: 300 g[12]
  • Homonymous taxon: Dacelo[13]

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Identifiers

Dacelo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 2409[14]. Dacelo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8938[15]. Dacelo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45516455[16]. Dacelo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2475646[17]. Dacelo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553607[18].

Why It Matters

Dacelo has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Dacelo is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Australia New Guinea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · An Sionnach Rua · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Endemic to → Australia, New Guinea
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Parent taxon: tree kingfisher"
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