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Knob-billed Duck

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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 (65 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Knob-billed Duck's image is recorded as Knob-billed Duck at Sonkhaliya, Rajasthan, India, July 2013.jpg[3].
  • Knob-billed Duck's image is recorded as Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos, female, by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN8938 (1).jpg[4].
  • Knob-billed Duck's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Knob-billed Duck's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Knob-billed Duck's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Knob-billed Duck's parent taxon is recorded as Sarkidiornis[8].
  • Knob-billed Duck's taxon range map image is recorded as Sarkidiornis melanotos distribution.png[9].
  • Knob-billed Duck's taxon name is recorded as Sarkidiornis melanotos[10].
  • Knob-billed Duck's Commons category is recorded as Sarkidiornis melanotos[11].
  • Knob-billed Duck's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 45953631[12].
  • Knob-billed Duck's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029rlv[13].
  • Knob-billed Duck's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8887[14].
  • Knob-billed Duck's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553913[15].
  • Knob-billed Duck's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515906[16].
  • Knob-billed Duck's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 372212[17].
  • Knob-billed Duck's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498001[18].
  • Knob-billed Duck's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sarkidiornis melanotos[19].
  • Knob-billed Duck's Commons gallery is recorded as Sarkidiornis melanotos[20].
  • Knob-billed Duck's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[21].
  • Knob-billed Duck's original combination is recorded as Anser melanotos[22].
  • Knob-billed Duck's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. melanotos'}[23].
  • Knob-billed Duck's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Knob-billed Duck'}[24].
  • Knob-billed Duck's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Glanzente'}[25].
  • Knob-billed Duck's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pato crestudo afroasiático'}[26].
  • Knob-billed Duck's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เป็ดหงส์'}[27].

Why It Matters

Knob-billed Duck ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [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. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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