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Great Crested Grebe

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Taxon taxon Q25422
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Great Crested Grebe

Summary

Great Crested Grebe is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (551 views/month, #1,243 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Crested Grebe received the Bird of the Year[3].
  • Great Crested Grebe's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Great Crested Grebe is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Great Crested Grebe's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Great Crested Grebe is classified within Podiceps[7].
  • Great Crested Grebe's scientific name is Podiceps cristatus[8].
  • Great Crested Grebe's Commons category is recorded as Podiceps cristatus[9].
  • Great Crested Grebe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Podiceps cristatus[10].
  • Great Crested Grebe's Commons gallery is recorded as Podiceps cristatus[11].
  • Great Crested Grebe's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12].
  • Great Crested Grebe's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Great Crested Grebe's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. cristatus'}[14].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Crested Grebe'}[15].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Haubentaucher'}[16].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Grèbe huppé'}[17].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Somormujo lavanco'}[18].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Чомга'}[19].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Fuut'}[20].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Toppet Lappedykker'}[21].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Toppdykker'}[22].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Svasso maggiore'}[23].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'カンムリカイツブリ'}[24].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gwyach fawr gopog'}[25].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'potápka roháč'}[26].
  • Great Crested Grebe is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'roháč veliký'}[27].

Body

Classification

Great Crested Grebe's scientific name is Podiceps cristatus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Podiceps[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Haubentaucher'}[16], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Grèbe huppé'}[17], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Somormujo lavanco'}[18], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Чомга'}[19], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Fuut'}[20].

Identifiers

Great Crested Grebe's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 345573[28]. Great Crested Grebe's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45513833[29]. Great Crested Grebe's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2482054[30]. Great Crested Grebe's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174491[31].

Why It Matters

Great Crested Grebe ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (551 views/month, #1,243 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Great Crested Grebe receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . 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] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . biolib.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . biolib.cz. Retrieved . biolib.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+28'}
    Parent taxon → Podiceps
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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