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Basilornis

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q791214
Basilornis
Joseph Wolf (January 22, 1820 - April 20, 1899) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Basilornis

Summary

Basilornis is a taxon[1]. Basilornis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basilornis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Basilornis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Basilornis is classified within Sturnidae[5].
  • Basilornis's scientific name is Basilornis[6].
  • Basilornis's Commons category is recorded as Basilornis[7].
  • Basilornis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Basilornis[8].

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Classification

Basilornis's scientific name is Basilornis[6]. Basilornis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Basilornis is classified within Sturnidae[5].

Identifiers

Basilornis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 14860[9]. Basilornis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 451429[10]. Basilornis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2489046[11]. Basilornis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 557445[12].

Why It Matters

Basilornis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2] Basilornis has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Basilornis is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Sturnidae
    Aliases → —
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