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White-backed Night Heron

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Taxon taxon Q763338
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White-backed Night Heron

Summary

White-backed Night Heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • White-backed Night Heron's image is recorded as White-backed Night Heron (Gorsachius leuconotus) (6001840951).jpg[3].
  • White-backed Night Heron's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • White-backed Night Heron's parent taxon is recorded as Gorsachius[6].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon name is recorded as Gorsachius leuconotus[7].
  • White-backed Night Heron's Commons category is recorded as Gorsachius leuconotus[8].
  • White-backed Night Heron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w4pt5[9].
  • White-backed Night Heron's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2767388[10].
  • White-backed Night Heron's ITIS TSN is recorded as 560272[11].
  • White-backed Night Heron's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1049032[12].
  • White-backed Night Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480840[13].
  • White-backed Night Heron's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[14].
  • White-backed Night Heron's original combination is recorded as Ardea leuconotus[15].
  • White-backed Night Heron's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'G. leuconotus'}[16].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'crëyr nos cefnwyn'}[17].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White-backed Night Heron'}[18].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Weißrückenreiher'}[19].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Martinete encapuchado'}[20].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'martinet de nit encaputxat'}[21].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kvakoš africký'}[22].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'prill-ööhaigur'}[23].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Brilledverghegre'}[24].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Белобокая кваква'}[25].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'セジロミゾゴイ'}[26].
  • White-backed Night Heron's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Hvidrygget Nathejre'}[27].

Why It Matters

White-backed Night Heron ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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