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Snow Bunting

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q26416
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Summary

Snow Bunting is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (953 views/month, #1,489 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Plectrophenax[5]
  • Taxon name: Plectrophenax nivalis[6]
  • Commons category: Plectrophenax nivalis[7]
  • Commons gallery: Plectrophenax nivalis[8]
  • Short name: P. nivalis[9]
  • Taxon common name: bras yr eira[10], Snow Bunting[11], Schneeammer[12], Escribano Nival[13], sit blanc[14], sněhule severní[15], hangelind[16], Snøspurv[17], Пуночка[18], ユキホオジロ[19], Snespurv[20], pulmunen[21], hósármány[22], śnieguła (zwyczajna)[23]
  • Wingspan: 35 cm[24]

Body

Identifiers

Snow Bunting's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117059[25]. Snow Bunting's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 161627[26]. Snow Bunting's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2491719[27]. Snow Bunting's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179532[28].

Why It Matters

Snow Bunting has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. 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. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . app.bto.org. app.bto.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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