Columba
genus of pigeons
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Summary
Columba is a taxon[1]. Columba ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,324 views/month, #1,435 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Named after: Rock Dove[4]
- Parent taxon: Columbidae[5], Columbinae[6]
- Taxon name: Columba[7]
- Commons category: Columba[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Columba (genus)[9]
- Commons gallery: Columba[10]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[11], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18]
- Taxon common name: 鳩[19], 河原鳩[20]
- Homonymous taxon: Columba[21]
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Identifiers
Columba's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3000[22]. Columba's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8931[23]. Columba's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509375[24]. Columba's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2495404[25]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 177062[26] and 983564[27].
Why It Matters
Columba has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Columba is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]