Woodpecker

family of birds
Thing taxon Q25439
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Summary

Woodpecker is a taxon[1]. Woodpecker has Wikipedia articles in 126 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Piciformes[4]
  • Taxon name: Picidae[5]
  • Commons category: Picidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Picidae[7], Category:Woodpeckers[8]
  • Commons gallery: Picidae[9]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13], The American Cyclopædia[14], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17]
  • Taxon common name: spettefamilien[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[20]

Why It Matters

Woodpecker is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 135
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'atj', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'bar',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge sitelink to redirect to idwiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → woodpeckers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: woodpeckers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969042|woodpeckers (#289969042)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0379079-datloviti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0379079-datloviti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Belgian species list id → 58161
    Freebase id → /m/01dy8n
    Encyclopædia universalis id → pic-zoologie
    Bold systems taxon id → 1410
    + 73 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 9745, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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