Pink-backed Pelican

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q527830
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Pink-backed Pelican

Summary

Pink-backed Pelican is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pink-backed Pelican's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Pink-backed Pelican's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Pink-backed Pelican belongs to the parent taxon pelican[6].
  • Pink-backed Pelican's scientific name is Pelecanus rufescens[7].
  • Pink-backed Pelican's Commons category is recorded as Pelecanus rufescens[8].
  • Pink-backed Pelican's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pelecanus rufescens[9].
  • Pink-backed Pelican's Commons gallery is recorded as Pelecanus rufescens[10].
  • Pink-backed Pelican's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[11].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pink-backed Pelican'}[12].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Rötelpelikan'}[13].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pelícano rosado'}[14].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'pelicà rosat'}[15].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pelikán africký'}[16].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'puispelikan'}[17].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Rosenpelikan'}[18].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Розовоспинный пеликан'}[19].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'コシベニペリカン'}[20].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Rosapelikan'}[21].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'afrikanpelikaani'}[22].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'vörhenyes gödény'}[23].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'pelikan mały'}[24].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'pelikán červenkavý'}[25].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'rosaryggig pelikan'}[26].
  • Pink-backed Pelican is commonly known as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Kleinpelikaan'}[27].

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Classification

Pink-backed Pelican's scientific name is Pelecanus rufescens[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within pelican[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Rötelpelikan'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pelícano rosado'}[14], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'pelicà rosat'}[15], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pelikán africký'}[16], and {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'puispelikan'}[17].

Identifiers

Pink-backed Pelican's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4335[28]. Pink-backed Pelican's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1243782[29]. Pink-backed Pelican's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45513854[30]. Pink-backed Pelican's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480352[31]. Pink-backed Pelican's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174695[32].

Why It Matters

Pink-backed Pelican ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Parent taxon pelican
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    Taxon range Africa, Burkina Faso
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