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Lonchura

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q852860
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Lonchura

Summary

Lonchura is a taxon[1]. Lonchura ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month, #1,590 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lonchura's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lonchura is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lonchura is classified within Estrildidae[5].
  • Lonchura's scientific name is Lonchura[6].
  • Lonchura's Commons category is recorded as Lonchura[7].
  • Lonchura's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lonchura[8].
  • Lonchura's Commons gallery is recorded as Lonchura[9].
  • Lonchura's taxon synonym is recorded as Q1094968[10].

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Classification

Lonchura's scientific name is Lonchura[6]. Lonchura is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lonchura is classified within Estrildidae[5].

Identifiers

Lonchura's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 13881[11]. Lonchura's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40156[12]. Lonchura's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511033[13]. Lonchura's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2493593[14]. Lonchura's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179614[15].

Why It Matters

Lonchura ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month, #1,590 of 195,241).[2] Lonchura has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Lonchura is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . itis.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Estrildidae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon synonym → Q1094968
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536255805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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