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Botaurus

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Taxon taxon Q739050
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Botaurus

Summary

Botaurus is a taxon[1]. Botaurus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month, #1,569 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Botaurus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Botaurus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Botaurus belongs to the parent taxon Botaurinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Botaurus is Botaurus[6].
  • Botaurus's Commons category is recorded as Botaurus[7].
  • Botaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Botaurus[8].
  • Botaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Botaurus[9].

Body

Classification

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

Identifiers

Botaurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 5030[10]. Botaurus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 110660[11]. Botaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511331[12]. Botaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480909[13]. Botaurus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174855[14].

Why It Matters

Botaurus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month, #1,569 of 195,241).[2] Botaurus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Botaurus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Botaurinae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283693705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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