Gyrfalcon
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Summary
Gyrfalcon is a taxon[1]. Gyrfalcon ranks in the top 0.44% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,260 views/month, #861 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Falco[5]
- Taxon name: Falco rusticolus[6]
- Commons category: Falco rusticolus[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Falco rusticolus[8]
- Commons gallery: Falco rusticolus[9]
- Taxon synonym: Falco gyrfalco[10]
- Short name: F. rusticolus[11]
- Taxon common name: hebog y Gogledd[12], Gyrfalcon[13], Gerfalke[14], Halcón gerifalte[15], grifó[16], raroh lovecký[17], jahipistrik[18], Jaktfalk[19], Кречет[20], シロハヤブサ[21], Jagtfalk[22], tunturihaukka[23], északi sólyom[24], białozór[25]
- Different from: Białozór (ujednoznacznienie)[26]
- Wingspan: 58 cm[27]
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Identifiers
Gyrfalcon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4657[28]. Gyrfalcon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 120794[29]. Gyrfalcon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510794[30]. Gyrfalcon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8069880[31]. Gyrfalcon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175599[32].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Gyrfalcon include Kiev-class aircraft carrier[33], a ship class[34], founded in 1972[35]; Valur[36], a multisports club[37], in Iceland[38]; Jaktfalken[39], an aircraft model[40]; and French destroyer Gerfaut[41], a destroyer[42].
Why It Matters
Gyrfalcon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Gyrfalcon is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for Gyrfalcon include Kiev-class aircraft carrier[33], a ship class[34], founded in 1972[35]; Valur[36], a multisports club[37], in Iceland[38]; Jaktfalken[39], an aircraft model[40]; and French destroyer Gerfaut[41], a destroyer[42].