domesticated pigeon

subspecies of pigeon
Taxon taxon Q204179
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Summary

domesticated pigeon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,129 views/month, #544 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: subspecies[3]
  • Parent taxon: Rock Dove[4]
  • Taxon name: Columba livia f. domestica[5]
  • Subclass of: domesticated bird[6]
  • Commons category: Pigeons[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Domestic pigeons[8]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[9]
  • Taxon common name: kesykyyhky[10], bydue[11]
  • Properties for this type: P303[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[13]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of pigeons[14]

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Identifiers

domesticated pigeon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122767[15]. domesticated pigeon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8932[16]. domesticated pigeon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9310871[17].

Why It Matters

domesticated pigeon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . 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.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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