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Meropidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q183147
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Meropidae

Summary

Meropidae is a taxon[1]. Meropidae ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #1,313 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meropidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Meropidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Meropidae belongs to the parent taxon Coraciiformes[5].
  • Meropidae's scientific name is Meropidae[6].
  • Meropidae's Commons category is recorded as Meropidae[7].
  • Meropidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meropidae[8].
  • Meropidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Meropidae[9].
  • Meropidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • Meropidae's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Meropidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Meropidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'bieterfamilien'}[13].
  • Meropidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'legati'}[14].
  • Meropidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Meropidae is Meropidae[6]. Meropidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Meropidae belongs to the parent taxon Coraciiformes[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'bieterfamilien'}[13] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'legati'}[14].

Identifiers

Meropidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 2183[16]. Meropidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 57386[17]. Meropidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7605[18]. Meropidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9320[19]. Meropidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178129[20].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Meropidae include Golden Bee-eater Award[21], an award[22], in Slovenia[23].

Why It Matters

Meropidae ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #1,313 of 195,241).[2] Meropidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Meropidae is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for Meropidae include Golden Bee-eater Award[21], an award[22], in Slovenia[23].

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. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . 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. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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