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Aepyornis

genus of birds (fossil)
Taxon extinct_taxon Q2638301
Aepyornis
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Facts

11 properties
Instance of
extinct taxon
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6]
Different from
elephant bird[7]
Endemic to
Madagascar[3]
Extinction date
1000[10]
Location of discovery
Madagascar[4]
Mass
+540[8]
Parent taxon
elephant bird[2]
Taxon name
Aepyornis[5]
Taxon rank
genus[1]
Time period
Holocene[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Aepyornis en Æpyornis ar رخ ملغاشي el Aepyornis maximus fa فیل مرغ fr Aepyornis fr Oiseau-éléphant he אפיאורניס ja エピオルニス pt Ave Elefante ru Aepyornis ru Слоновая птица ru Эпиорнис ru Эпиорнисы uk Епіорніс zh 巨型象鳥 zh 巨象鳥屬 zh 希氏象鳥
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Avibase taxon ID
4F8EA70A8124B2E4
De Agostini ID
Aepyornis
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Aepyornis
Fossilworks taxon ID
39293
Freebase ID
/m/07s97md
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
4844154
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
aepyornis
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0075179
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Aepyornis
INaturalist taxon ID
570882
IRMNG ID
1204040
Interlingual Index ID
i43254
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779134263
NBIC scientific name ID
174115
NCBI taxonomy ID
748141
Open Tree of Life ID
463546
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
39293
Topic's main category
Category:Aepyornis
UMLS CUI
C2823195
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01524946-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/0bb2fc59-8b71-4cb1-ae22-234df3004508

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Different from 1
elephant bird
Endemic to 1
Madagascar
Location of discovery 1
Madagascar
Parent taxon 1
elephant bird
Taxon rank 1
genus
← Different from 1
elephant bird
← Parent taxon 1
Aepyornis maximus
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Madagascar

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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. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i43254
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 01524946-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  2. 26w ago · Paucabot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → elephant bird
    Endemic to → Madagascar
    Topic's main category → Category:Aepyornis
    Location of discovery → Madagascar
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Time period: Holocene"
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