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New Zealand Fairy Tern

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Taxon taxon Q7015357
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New Zealand Fairy Tern

Summary

New Zealand Fairy Tern is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Zealand Fairy Tern's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • New Zealand Fairy Tern is classified at the rank of subspecies[4].
  • New Zealand Fairy Tern is classified within Fairy Tern[5].
  • New Zealand Fairy Tern is endemic to New Zealand[6].
  • New Zealand Fairy Tern's scientific name is Sternula nereis davisae[7].
  • New Zealand Fairy Tern's described by source is recorded as Critter of the Week[8].
  • New Zealand Fairy Tern is commonly known as New Zealand fairy tern[9].
  • New Zealand Fairy Tern's NZTCS conservation status is recorded as nationally critical[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, New Zealand Fairy Tern is Sternula nereis davisae[7]. It is classified at the rank of subspecies[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Fairy Tern[5]. It is commonly known as New Zealand fairy tern[9].

Distribution

New Zealand Fairy Tern is endemic to New Zealand[6].

Identifiers

New Zealand Fairy Tern's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 462198[11]. New Zealand Fairy Tern's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2935019[12]. New Zealand Fairy Tern's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 28265314[13]. New Zealand Fairy Tern's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6065771[14]. New Zealand Fairy Tern's ITIS TSN is recorded as 825085[15].

Why It Matters

New Zealand Fairy Tern ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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