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Purple-bearded Bee-eater

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Purple-bearded Bee-eater

Summary

Purple-bearded Bee-eater is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater belongs to the parent taxon Meropogon[6].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is endemic to Sulawesi[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Purple-bearded Bee-eater is Meropogon forsteni[8].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater's Commons category is recorded as Meropogon forsteni[9].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. forsteni'}[10].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Purple-bearded Bee-eater'}[11].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Cirik-cirik sulawesi'}[12].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Celebesspint'}[13].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Abejaruco de Célebes'}[14].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Guêpier des Célèbes'}[15].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Gruccione barbaviola'}[16].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Сулавесская щурка'}[17].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Sulawesibijeneter'}[18].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Sulawesibiæder'}[19].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Purpurbieter'}[20].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'セレベスハチクイ'}[21].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'abellerol de Sulawesi'}[22].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'vlha celebeská'}[23].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'purpur-mesilasenäpp'}[24].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'celebesinampiaissyöjä'}[25].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'erdei remetegyurgyalag'}[26].
  • Purple-bearded Bee-eater is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'żołna purpurowogłowa'}[27].

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Classification

Purple-bearded Bee-eater's scientific name is Meropogon forsteni[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Meropogon[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[11], {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Cirik-cirik sulawesi'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Celebesspint'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Abejaruco de Célebes'}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Guêpier des Célèbes'}[15], and {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Gruccione barbaviola'}[16].

Distribution

Purple-bearded Bee-eater is endemic to Sulawesi[7].

Identifiers

Purple-bearded Bee-eater's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 2255[28]. Purple-bearded Bee-eater's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 457349[29]. Purple-bearded Bee-eater's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1050033[30]. Purple-bearded Bee-eater's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2475390[31]. Purple-bearded Bee-eater's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554642[32].

Why It Matters

Purple-bearded Bee-eater ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Sulawesi

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.4. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . 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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  1. 28d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
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