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Melanerpes

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q131901
Melanerpes
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Melanerpes

Summary

Melanerpes is a taxon[1]. Melanerpes ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month, #1,582 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melanerpes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melanerpes is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Melanerpes belongs to the parent taxon Melanerpini[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Melanerpes is Melanerpes[6].
  • Melanerpes's Commons category is recorded as Melanerpes[7].
  • Melanerpes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melanerpes[8].
  • Melanerpes's Commons gallery is recorded as Melanerpes[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melanerpes is Melanerpes[6]. Melanerpes is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Melanerpes is classified within Melanerpini[5].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 18158[10] and 464344[11]. Melanerpes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56082[12]. Melanerpes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2478067[13]. Melanerpes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178185[14].

Why It Matters

Melanerpes ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month, #1,582 of 195,241).[2] Melanerpes has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Melanerpes is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Melanerpes
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563005905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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