Burrowing Owl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q467068
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Summary

Burrowing Owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,797 views/month, #833 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Athene[5]
  • Taxon name: Athene cunicularia[6]
  • Commons category: Athene cunicularia[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Athene cunicularia[8]
  • Commons gallery: Athene cunicularia[9]
  • Short name: A. cunicularia[10]
  • Taxon common name: Burrowing Owl[11], Kaninchenkauz[12], Mochuelo de madriguera[13], Chevêche des terriers[14], Civetta delle tane[15], Кроличий сыч[16], Holenuil[17], Prærieugle[18], Graveugle[19], coruja-buraqueira[20], koopakakk[21], sýček králičí[22], アナホリフクロウ[23], mussol de lloriguera[24]
  • Wingspan: 595 millimetre[25]

Body

Identifiers

Burrowing Owl's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 19975[26]. Burrowing Owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 194338[27]. Burrowing Owl's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510745[28]. Burrowing Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2497240[29]. Burrowing Owl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177946[30].

Why It Matters

Burrowing Owl has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. 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. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . ec.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Wing loading in 15 species of North American owls. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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