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Nyctanassa

genus of night herons
Taxon taxon Q794868
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Nyctanassa

Summary

Nyctanassa is a taxon[1]. Nyctanassa ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

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

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Nyctanassa is Nyctanassa[6]. Nyctanassa is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Nyctanassa belongs to the parent taxon Ardeinae[5].

Identifiers

Nyctanassa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4998[9]. Nyctanassa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56293[10]. Nyctanassa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511339[11]. Nyctanassa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480952[12]. Nyctanassa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174841[13].

Why It Matters

Nyctanassa ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2] Nyctanassa has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Nyctanassa is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Ardeinae
    Aliases → —
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