Helmeted Guineafowl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q251842
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Helmeted Guineafowl

Summary

Helmeted Guineafowl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,490 views/month, #1,185 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Helmeted Guineafowl's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl belongs to the parent taxon Numida[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Helmeted Guineafowl is Numida meleagris[7].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl's Commons category is recorded as Numida meleagris[8].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Numida meleagris[9].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl's Commons gallery is recorded as Numida meleagris[10].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. meleagris'}[12].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Helmeted Guineafowl'}[13].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Helmperlhuhn'}[14].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pintada común'}[15].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Pintada comuna'}[16].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'perlička kropenatá'}[17].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Perlehøne'}[18].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Hjelmperlehøne'}[19].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Обыкновенная цесарка'}[20].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ホロホロチョウ'}[21].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'helmikana'}[22].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'sisakos gyöngytyúk'}[23].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Kiiver-pärlkana'}[24].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Perlica zwyczajna'}[25].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'perlička prilbatá'}[26].
  • Helmeted Guineafowl is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'hjälmpärlhöna'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Helmeted Guineafowl is Numida meleagris[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Numida[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[13], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Helmperlhuhn'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pintada común'}[15], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Pintada comuna'}[16], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'perlička kropenatá'}[17], and {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Perlehøne'}[18].

Identifiers

Helmeted Guineafowl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8996[28]. Helmeted Guineafowl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2473341[29]. Helmeted Guineafowl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176126[30].

Why It Matters

Helmeted Guineafowl ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,490 views/month, #1,185 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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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] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . 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] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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