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Selasphorus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q1083213
Selasphorus
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Selasphorus

Summary

Selasphorus is a taxon[1]. Selasphorus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

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

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Selasphorus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 6358[10]. Selasphorus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29059[11]. Selasphorus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509656[12]. Selasphorus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2476843[13]. Selasphorus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178037[14].

Why It Matters

Selasphorus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2] Selasphorus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

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.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Trochilinae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556317105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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