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Pygoscelis

genus of birds in the penguin family (Spheniscidae)
Taxon taxon Q609432
Pygoscelis
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Pygoscelis

Summary

Pygoscelis is a taxon[1]. Pygoscelis ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month, #1,570 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pygoscelis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pygoscelis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pygoscelis is classified within penguin[5].
  • Pygoscelis's scientific name is Pygoscelis[6].
  • Pygoscelis's Commons category is recorded as Pygoscelis[7].
  • Pygoscelis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pygoscelis[8].
  • Pygoscelis's Commons gallery is recorded as Pygoscelis[9].

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Classification

Pygoscelis's scientific name is Pygoscelis[6]. Pygoscelis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pygoscelis is classified within penguin[5].

Identifiers

Pygoscelis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3807[10]. Pygoscelis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9237[11]. Pygoscelis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45512075[12]. Pygoscelis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481662[13]. Pygoscelis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174444[14].

Why It Matters

Pygoscelis ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month, #1,570 of 195,241).[2] Pygoscelis has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Pygoscelis is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Local thumb → —
    Interlingual index id → i46203
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