Pteroclidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q179983
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Pteroclidae

Summary

Pteroclidae is a taxon[1]. Pteroclidae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month, #1,527 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pteroclidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pteroclidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Pteroclidae is classified within Pterocliformes[5].
  • Pteroclidae's scientific name is Pteroclidae[6].
  • Pteroclidae's Commons category is recorded as Pteroclidae[7].
  • Pteroclidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pteroclidae[8].
  • Pteroclidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Pteroclidae[9].
  • Pteroclidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Pteroclidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Pteroclidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Pteroclidae's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[13].
  • Pteroclidae's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Pteroclidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sandgrouse'}[15].
  • Pteroclidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sandhønsfamilien'}[16].
  • Pteroclidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • Pteroclidae's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Birds[18].

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Classification

Pteroclidae's scientific name is Pteroclidae[6]. Pteroclidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Pteroclidae is classified within Pterocliformes[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sandgrouse'}[15] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sandhønsfamilien'}[16].

Identifiers

Pteroclidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 200960[19]. Pteroclidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56295[20]. Pteroclidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7991[21]. Pteroclidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4848517[22]. Pteroclidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177040[23].

Why It Matters

Pteroclidae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month, #1,527 of 195,241).[2] Pteroclidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Pteroclidae is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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