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Rhea

genus of birds, ratites
Taxon taxon Q19171
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Rhea

Summary

Rhea is a taxon[1]. Rhea ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,626 views/month, #762 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rhea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rhea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Rhea is named after Rhea[5].
  • Rhea is classified within Rheidae[6].
  • Rhea is endemic to South America[7].
  • Rhea's scientific name is Rhea[8].
  • Rhea's Commons category is recorded as Rheidae[9].
  • Rhea began on -126000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Rhea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhea (genus)[11].
  • Rhea's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Rhea's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Rhea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Rhea's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Rhea's has characteristic is recorded as oviparity[16].
  • Rhea's this taxon is source of is recorded as rhea egg[17].
  • Rhea's means of locomotion is recorded as bipedalism[18].
  • Rhea's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • Rhea's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+27.5'}[20].
  • Rhea's egg incubation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q23387', 'amount': '+6'}[21].

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Classification

Rhea's scientific name is Rhea[8]. Rhea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Rhea belongs to the parent taxon Rheidae[6].

Discovery and Description

Rhea is named after Rhea[5].

Distribution

Rhea is endemic to South America[7].

Identifiers

Rhea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 20511[22]. Rhea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8796[23]. Rhea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 28487[24]. Rhea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2495164[25]. Rhea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174378[26].

Why It Matters

Rhea ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,626 views/month, #762 of 195,241).[2] Rhea has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Rhea is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] ↑ . 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. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+27.5'}
    Named after → Rhea
    Topic's main category → Category:Rhea (genus)
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q23387', 'amount': '+6'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007551589105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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