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Aegolius

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q310862
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Aegolius

Summary

Aegolius is a taxon[1]. Aegolius ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month, #1,589 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aegolius's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Aegolius is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Aegolius belongs to the parent taxon true owls[5].
  • Aegolius's scientific name is Aegolius[6].
  • Aegolius's Commons category is recorded as Aegolius[7].
  • Aegolius's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aegolius[8].
  • Aegolius's Commons gallery is recorded as Aegolius[9].
  • Aegolius's taxon synonym is recorded as Nyctale[10].

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Classification

Aegolius's scientific name is Aegolius[6]. Aegolius is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Aegolius belongs to the parent taxon true owls[5].

Identifiers

Aegolius's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 20351[11]. Aegolius's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56264[12]. Aegolius's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510746[13]. Aegolius's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8095667[14]. Aegolius's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177937[15].

Why It Matters

Aegolius ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month, #1,589 of 195,241).[2] Aegolius has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Aegolius is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Aegolius
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293964905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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