Cygnus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q29564928
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Cygnus

Summary

Cygnus is a taxon[1]. Cygnus ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,251 views/month, #216 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cygnus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cygnus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cygnus belongs to the parent taxon Anserinae[5].
  • Cygnus belongs to the parent taxon Cygnini[6].
  • Cygnus's scientific name is Cygnus[7].
  • Cygnus's Commons category is recorded as Cygnus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Cygnus is Whooper Swan[9].
  • Cygnus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cygnus (genus)[10].
  • Cygnus's Commons gallery is recorded as Cygnus (genus)[11].
  • Cygnus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Cygnus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Cygnus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • Cygnus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Cygnus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[16].
  • Cygnus's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[17].
  • Cygnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Cygne'}[18].
  • Cygnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swan'}[19].
  • Cygnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwäne'}[20].
  • Cygnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'labod'}[21].
  • Cygnus's different from is recorded as swan[22].
  • Cygnus's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q135415827[23].
  • Cygnus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • Cygnus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Cygnus[25].

Body

Classification

Cygnus's scientific name is Cygnus[7]. Cygnus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Anserinae[5] and Cygnini[6]. The taxonomic type of Cygnus is Whooper Swan[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Cygne'}[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swan'}[19], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwäne'}[20], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'labod'}[21].

Identifiers

Cygnus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 6913[26]. Cygnus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8867[27]. Cygnus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510542[28]. Cygnus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498334[29]. Cygnus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174984[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cygnus include Annakacygna[31], a fossil taxon[32].

Why It Matters

Cygnus ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,251 views/month, #216 of 195,241).[2] Cygnus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Cygnus is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Cygnus include Annakacygna[31], a fossil taxon[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . IOC World Bird List Version 7.2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . 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. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2134950
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