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Mountain pigeon

genus of pigeons (Columbidae)
Taxon taxon Q598825
Mountain pigeon
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Mountain pigeon

Summary

Mountain pigeon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mountain pigeon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mountain pigeon is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Mountain pigeon belongs to the parent taxon Ptilinopinae[5].
  • Mountain pigeon's scientific name is Gymnophaps[6].
  • Mountain pigeon's Commons category is recorded as Gymnophaps[7].
  • Mountain pigeon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gymnophaps[8].

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Classification

Mountain pigeon's scientific name is Gymnophaps[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus[4]. It is classified within Ptilinopinae[5].

Identifiers

Mountain pigeon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3668[9]. Mountain pigeon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 262120[10]. Mountain pigeon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2495181[11]. Mountain pigeon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177400[12].

Why It Matters

Mountain pigeon ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Ptilinopinae
    Aliases → —
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