West African Crested Tern

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Taxon taxon Q85814978
West African Crested Tern
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West African Crested Tern

Summary

West African Crested Tern is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • West African Crested Tern's image is recorded as Thalasseus albididorsalis, Langue de Barbarie NP, Saint-Louis Region, Senegal 01.jpg[3].
  • West African Crested Tern's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • West African Crested Tern's parent taxon is recorded as Thalasseus[6].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon name is recorded as Thalasseus albididorsalis[7].
  • West African Crested Tern's Commons category is recorded as Thalasseus albididorsalis[8].
  • West African Crested Tern's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7589018[9].
  • West African Crested Tern's original combination is recorded as Sterna maxima albididorsalis[10].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West African Crested Tern'}[11].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Sterne d'Afrique"}[12].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Guineaseeschwalbe'}[13].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Sterna reale africana'}[14].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Afrikaanse Koningsstern'}[15].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Vestafrikansk Kongeterne'}[16].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'rybár kráľovský'}[17].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'guineatärna'}[18].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'garajau-real-africano'}[19].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Xatrac reial africà'}[20].
  • West African Crested Tern's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11j7j9smmz[21].
  • West African Crested Tern's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0021274171[22].
  • West African Crested Tern's Oiseaux.net ID is recorded as sterne.a.dos.pale[23].
  • West African Crested Tern's Observation.org taxon ID is recorded as 245345[24].
  • West African Crested Tern's taxon range is recorded as Africa[25].

Why It Matters

West African Crested Tern ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Avibase. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . avesdomundo.info. Retrieved . avesdomundo.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . TERMCAT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Oiseaux.net. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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