Knob-billed Duck

Summary

Knob-billed Duck is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Knob-billed Duck's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Knob-billed Duck is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Knob-billed Duck's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• Knob-billed Duck belongs to the parent taxon Sarkidiornis^[6].
• Knob-billed Duck's scientific name is Sarkidiornis melanotos^[7].
• Knob-billed Duck's Commons category is recorded as Sarkidiornis melanotos^[8].
• Knob-billed Duck's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sarkidiornis melanotos^[9].
• Knob-billed Duck's Commons gallery is recorded as Sarkidiornis melanotos^[10].
• Knob-billed Duck's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c^[11].
• Knob-billed Duck's original combination is recorded as Anser melanotos^[12].
• Knob-billed Duck's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. melanotos'}^[13].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Knob-billed Duck'}^[14].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Glanzente'}^[15].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pato crestudo afroasiático'}^[16].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เป็ดหงส์'}^[17].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pižmovka hřebenatá'}^[18].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'kühmnokk-part'}^[19].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Гребенчатая утка'}^[20].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Kamand'}^[21].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'コブガモ'}^[22].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Afrikansk Knopgås'}^[23].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'kyhmysorsa'}^[24].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'bütykös fényréce'}^[25].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'Gŵydd Gnapiog'}^[26].
• Knob-billed Duck is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'ànec bec-crestat africà'}^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Knob-billed Duck is Sarkidiornis melanotos^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Sarkidiornis^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[14], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Glanzente'}^[15], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pato crestudo afroasiático'}^[16], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เป็ดหงส์'}^[17], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pižmovka hřebenatá'}^[18], and {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'kühmnokk-part'}^[19].

Identifiers

Knob-billed Duck's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 7160^[28]. Knob-billed Duck's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8887^[29]. Knob-billed Duck's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515906^[30]. Knob-billed Duck's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498001^[31]. Knob-billed Duck's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553913^[32].

Why It Matters

Knob-billed Duck ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]