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white-throated magpie-jay

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white-throated magpie-jay

Summary

white-throated magpie-jay is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month, #1,563 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • white-throated magpie-jay's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's instance of is recorded as magpie[4].
  • white-throated magpie-jay is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • white-throated magpie-jay belongs to the parent taxon Cyanocorax[7].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's scientific name is Cyanocorax formosus[8].
  • white-throated magpie-jay is part of jay[9].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's Commons category is recorded as Cyanocorax formosus[10].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's original combination is recorded as Pica formosa[11].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's taxon synonym is recorded as Calocitta formosa[12].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. formosus'}[13].
  • white-throated magpie-jay is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White-throated Magpie-jay'}[14].
  • white-throated magpie-jay's taxon author citation is recorded as (Swainson, 1827)[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, white-throated magpie-jay is Cyanocorax formosus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Cyanocorax[7]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White-throated Magpie-jay'}[14].

Identifiers

white-throated magpie-jay's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10936638[16].

Why It Matters

white-throated magpie-jay ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month, #1,563 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Taxon synonym → Calocitta formosa
    Part of → jay
    Taxon rank → species
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