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Great Lizard Cuckoo

species of bird in the order Cuculiformes
Taxon taxon Q18926
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Great Lizard Cuckoo

Summary

Great Lizard Cuckoo is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Lizard Cuckoo's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Cardenas de Jaruco is named after Great Lizard Cuckoo[5].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is classified within Coccyzus[7].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo's scientific name is Coccyzus merlini[8].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo's Commons category is recorded as Coccyzus merlini[9].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. merlini'}[10].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Lizard Cuckoo'}[11].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Eidechsenkuckuck'}[12].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cuco lagartero cubano'}[13].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'cucut sargantaner de Cuba'}[14].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kukačka Merlinova'}[15].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'suur-sisalikukägu'}[16].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Kubaøglegjøk'}[17].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Большая ящеричная кукушка'}[18].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'オオトゲカッコウ'}[19].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Cubaøglegøg'}[20].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'isoliskokäki'}[21].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'gyíkászkakukk'}[22].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'jaszczurkojad duży'}[23].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'kukavka svetlozobá'}[24].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'kubaödlegök'}[25].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Cubaanse Hagediskoekoek'}[26].
  • Great Lizard Cuckoo is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tacco de Cuba'}[27].

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Classification

Great Lizard Cuckoo's scientific name is Coccyzus merlini[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Coccyzus[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Eidechsenkuckuck'}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cuco lagartero cubano'}[13], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'cucut sargantaner de Cuba'}[14], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kukačka Merlinova'}[15], and {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'suur-sisalikukägu'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Cardenas de Jaruco is named after Great Lizard Cuckoo[5].

Identifiers

Great Lizard Cuckoo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72743[28]. Great Lizard Cuckoo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 181023[29]. Great Lizard Cuckoo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7340218[30]. Great Lizard Cuckoo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554788[31].

Why It Matters

Great Lizard Cuckoo ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. 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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