penguin

Summary

penguin is a taxon^[1]. penguin ranks in the top 0.033% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,564 views/month, #65 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• penguin's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• penguin is classified at the rank of family^[4].
• penguin is classified within Sphenisciformes^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, penguin is Spheniscidae^[6].
• penguin is a type of seabird^[7].
• penguin is a type of flightless bird^[8].
• penguin is a type of piscivore^[9].
• penguin's Commons category is recorded as Spheniscidae^[10].
• penguin's color is recorded as black^[11].
• penguin's color is recorded as white^[12].
• penguin's color is recorded as orange^[13].
• penguin's Unicode character is recorded as 🐧^[14].
• penguin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spheniscidae^[15].
• penguin's Commons gallery is recorded as Spheniscidae^[16].
• penguin's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• penguin's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• penguin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• penguin's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[20].
• penguin's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan^[21].
• penguin's topic has template is recorded as Template:Sphenisciformes^[22].
• penguin's topic has template is recorded as Template:Penguins^[23].
• penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'pingvinfamilien'}^[24].
• penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'pingviner'}^[25].
• penguin's different from is recorded as Q12830042^[26].
• penguin's hashtag is recorded as penguin^[27].

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Classification

penguin's scientific name is Spheniscidae^[6]. penguin is classified at the rank of family^[4]. penguin belongs to the parent taxon Sphenisciformes^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'pingvinfamilien'}^[24] and {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'pingviner'}^[25].

Identifiers

penguin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3806^[28]. penguin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9231^[29]. penguin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7986^[30]. penguin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5284^[31]. penguin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174443^[32].

Why It Matters

penguin ranks in the top 0.033% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,564 views/month, #65 of 195,241).^[2] penguin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] penguin is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]