Alaudidae

family of the order passerine birds
Taxon taxon Q29858
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Summary

Alaudidae is a taxon[1]. Alaudidae ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,341 views/month, #1,099 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: songbirds[4]
  • Taxon name: Alaudidae[5]
  • Commons category: Alaudidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Alaudidae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Alaudidae[8]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], The New Student's Reference Work[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[14]
  • Taxon common name: lerkefamilien[15], škrjanci[16]
  • Different from: Skowronki[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]

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Identifiers

Alaudidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 7284[19]. Alaudidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 72205[20]. Alaudidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7572[21]. Alaudidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7211[22]. Alaudidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178396[23].

Why It Matters

Alaudidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Alaudidae is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1571 (mar)-Vj18081991-चंडोल.wav, De-Lerche.ogg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Lerche.ogg"
  2. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bo', 'br', 'bx
    Gnd id → 4167386-4
    Sitelink count → 112
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3369
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C3369, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → larks
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: larks, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947143|larks (#289947143)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
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