Gygis

genus of birds
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q1029511
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Gygis

Summary

Gygis is a monotypic taxon[1]. Gygis ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gygis's image is recorded as Gygis alba 01.jpg[3].
  • Gygis's image is recorded as Starr 990412-0532 White Tern in flight.jpg[4].
  • Gygis's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[5].
  • Gygis's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Gygis's parent taxon is recorded as Laridae[7].
  • Gygis's taxon name is recorded as Gygis[8].
  • Gygis's Commons category is recorded as Gygis[9].
  • Gygis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wvdxw[10].
  • Gygis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 297808[11].
  • Gygis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176953[12].
  • Gygis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509259[13].
  • Gygis's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 276247[14].
  • Gygis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481212[15].
  • Gygis's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 343604[16].
  • Gygis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gygis[17].
  • Gygis's Avibase taxon ID is recorded as 6E9BB4865C50E543[18].
  • Gygis's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as 57b276a3-18ae-4d85-8c57-a20c61844e3b[19].
  • Gygis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4565[20].
  • Gygis's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 71327[21].
  • Gygis's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1368776[22].
  • Gygis's Australian Faunal Directory ID is recorded as Gygis[23].
  • Gygis's KBpedia ID is recorded as Gygis[24].
  • Gygis's NBIC scientific name ID is recorded as 175947[25].
  • Gygis's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 915896[26].
  • Gygis's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 62TXY[27].

Why It Matters

Gygis ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2] Gygis has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Gygis is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 7.3. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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