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Great Spotted Woodpecker

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Taxon taxon Q26209
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Great Spotted Woodpecker

Summary

Great Spotted Woodpecker is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,100 views/month, #1,174 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Spotted Woodpecker received the Bird of the Year[3].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker received the Bird of the Year[4].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker is classified at the rank of species[6].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker belongs to the parent taxon Dendrocopos[8].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's scientific name is Dendrocopos major[9].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's Commons category is recorded as Dendrocopos major[10].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dendrocopos major[11].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's Commons gallery is recorded as Dendrocopos major[12].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as seed[13].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as beetles[14].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as Lepidoptera[15].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as Siricidae[16].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as aphid[17].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as Coccoidea[18].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as Formicidae[19].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as Crustacea[20].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as Mollusca[21].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as carrion[22].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as egg[23].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as juvenile[24].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as nut[25].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as acorn[26].
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker's main food source is recorded as bud[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Great Spotted Woodpecker is Dendrocopos major[9]. It is classified at the rank of species[6]. It is classified within Dendrocopos[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[28], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Buntspecht'}[29], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pico picapinos'}[30], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'picot garser gros'}[31], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'strakapoud velký'}[32], and {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'suur-kirjurähn'}[33].

Identifiers

Great Spotted Woodpecker's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 137523[34]. Great Spotted Woodpecker's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2477968[35]. Great Spotted Woodpecker's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554048[36].

Why It Matters

Great Spotted Woodpecker ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,100 views/month, #1,174 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Great Spotted Woodpecker receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3] and Bird of the Year[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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