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Great Horned Owl

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Great Horned Owl

Summary

Great Horned Owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,750 views/month, #376 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Horned Owl's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Great Horned Owl is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Great Horned Owl's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Great Horned Owl is classified within Bubo[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Great Horned Owl is Bubo virginianus[7].
  • Great Horned Owl's Commons category is recorded as Bubo virginianus[8].
  • Great Horned Owl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bubo virginianus[9].
  • Great Horned Owl's Commons gallery is recorded as Bubo virginianus[10].
  • Great Horned Owl's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11].
  • Great Horned Owl's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. virginianus'}[12].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'tylluan gorniog fawr'}[13].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Horned Owl'}[14].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Virginiauhu'}[15].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Búho americano'}[16].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'duc de Virgínia'}[17].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'výr virginský'}[18].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'ameerika kassikakk'}[19].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Amerikahubro'}[20].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Виргинский филин'}[21].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'アメリカワシミミズク'}[22].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Amerikansk Stor Hornugle'}[23].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'amerikanhuuhkaja'}[24].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'amerikai uhu'}[25].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'puchacz wirginijski'}[26].
  • Great Horned Owl is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'výr bielobradý'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Great Horned Owl is Bubo virginianus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Bubo[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'tylluan gorniog fawr'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[14], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Virginiauhu'}[15], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Búho americano'}[16], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'duc de Virgínia'}[17], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'výr virginský'}[18].

Identifiers

Great Horned Owl's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 20044[28]. Great Horned Owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56268[29]. Great Horned Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5959118[30]. Great Horned Owl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177884[31].

Why It Matters

Great Horned Owl ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,750 views/month, #376 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . 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. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Parent taxon → Bubo
    Topic's main category → Category:Bubo virginianus
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
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