Tytonidae

family of owls
Taxon taxon Q27112
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Tytonidae

Summary

Tytonidae is a taxon[1]. Tytonidae ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month, #1,301 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tytonidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tytonidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Tytonidae is classified within Strigiformes[5].
  • Tytonidae's scientific name is Tytonidae[6].
  • Tytonidae's Commons category is recorded as Tytonidae[7].
  • Tytonidae's temporal range start is recorded as Eocene[8].
  • Tytonidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tytonidae[9].
  • Tytonidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Tytonidae[10].
  • Tytonidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Tytonidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Barn Owls'}[12].
  • Tytonidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'tårnuglefamilien'}[13].
  • Tytonidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pegaste sove'}[14].
  • Tytonidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • Tytonidae's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[16].

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Classification

Tytonidae's scientific name is Tytonidae[6]. Tytonidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Tytonidae belongs to the parent taxon Strigiformes[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Barn Owls'}[12], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'tårnuglefamilien'}[13], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pegaste sove'}[14].

Identifiers

Tytonidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 20413[17]. Tytonidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30462[18]. Tytonidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8661[19]. Tytonidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5292[20]. Tytonidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177849[21].

Why It Matters

Tytonidae ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month, #1,301 of 195,241).[2] Tytonidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Tytonidae is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'ban', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'c
    Gnd id → 4208199-3
    Sitelink count → 69
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i43857
    Temporal range start → Eocene
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01627916-n
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  3. 17w ago · Paucabot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Eocene
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P523]]: [[Q76274]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Strigiformes
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15662, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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