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Muscicapidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q200989
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Summary

Muscicapidae is a taxon[1]. Muscicapidae ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,760 views/month, #1,384 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Muscicapoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Muscicapidae[5]
  • Commons category: Muscicapidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Muscicapidae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Muscicapidae[8]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], The Encyclopedia Americana[13], Pauly–Wissowa[14]
  • Taxon common name: fluesnapperfamilien[15], muharji[16]
  • Different from: Tyrannidae[17], Stenostiridae[18], Silky-flycatcher[19], Erythrocercidae[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

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Identifiers

Muscicapidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 12704[22]. Muscicapidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36291[23]. Muscicapidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1637[24]. Muscicapidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9322[25]. Muscicapidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178663[26].

Why It Matters

Muscicapidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Muscicapidae is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Slovene nomenclature of birds of the Western Palearctic. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Muscicapoidea
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
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