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Mauritius Night Heron

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Mauritius Night Heron

Summary

Mauritius Night Heron is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mauritius Night Heron's image is recorded as Nycticorax mauritianus.jpg[3].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's IUCN conservation status is recorded as extinct species[6].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's parent taxon is recorded as Nycticorax[7].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's endemic to is recorded as Mauritius Island[8].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon name is recorded as Nycticorax mauritianus[9].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's Commons category is recorded as Nycticorax mauritianus[10].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22728777[11].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025_dzy[12].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7242849[13].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 371642[14].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5789311[15].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's original combination is recorded as Butorides mauritianus[16].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. mauritianus'}[17].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mauritius Night Heron'}[18].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mauritius-Nachtreiher'}[19].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Martinete de Mauricio'}[20].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': "martinet de nit de l'illa Maurici"}[21].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kvakoš mauricijský'}[22].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Мавританская кваква'}[23].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Mauritiusnathejre'}[24].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'mauritiuksenyöhaikara'}[25].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'mauritiusi bakcsó'}[26].
  • Mauritius Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'ślepowron maurytyjski'}[27].

Why It Matters

Mauritius Night Heron ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . 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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