Lanius

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q754657
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Lanius

Summary

Lanius is a taxon[1]. Lanius ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month, #1,525 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lanius's image is recorded as Lanius excubitor 1 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg[3].
  • Lanius's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Lanius's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Lanius's parent taxon is recorded as Laniidae[6].
  • Lanius's taxon name is recorded as Lanius[7].
  • Lanius's Commons category is recorded as Lanius[8].
  • Lanius's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08kwx_[9].
  • Lanius's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28712[10].
  • Lanius's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph552268[11].
  • Lanius's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178510[12].
  • Lanius's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510942[13].
  • Lanius's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 290136[14].
  • Lanius's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2483315[15].
  • Lanius's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lanius[16].
  • Lanius's Commons gallery is recorded as Lanius[17].
  • Lanius's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • Lanius's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Lanius[19].
  • Lanius's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as FBA5455A-84EC-495B-ACDC-41E0E204099E[20].
  • Lanius's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 97112[21].
  • Lanius's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 1001592[22].
  • Lanius's Plazi ID is recorded as DD62C709-F36D-CAB1-60CB-A5536EC2C42C[23].
  • Lanius's Avibase taxon ID is recorded as 6938F4A454EB47DB[24].
  • Lanius's EPPO Code is recorded as 1LANIG[25].
  • Lanius's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 12016[26].
  • Lanius's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0000530422[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Lanius include Vireolanius[28], a taxon[29].

Why It Matters

Lanius ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month, #1,525 of 195,241).[2] Lanius has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Lanius is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Lanius include Vireolanius[28], a taxon[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Fauna Europaea. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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