Common Kingfisher

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q79915
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Common Kingfisher

Summary

Common Kingfisher is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month, #1,086 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Common Kingfisher received the Bird of the Year[3].
  • Common Kingfisher received the Q1970703[4].
  • Common Kingfisher received the Bird of the Year[5].
  • Common Kingfisher received the Bird of the Year[6].
  • Common Kingfisher received the Bird of the Year[7].
  • Common Kingfisher's image is recorded as Alcedo Atthis.jpg[8].
  • Common Kingfisher's image is recorded as Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) female.jpg[9].
  • Common Kingfisher's image is recorded as Alcedo atthis - Riserve naturali e aree contigue della fascia fluviale del Po.jpg[10].
  • Common Kingfisher's image is recorded as ♂ Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Photograph By Shantanu Kuveskar, Mangaon, Maharashtra, India.jpg[11].
  • Common Kingfisher's instance of is recorded as taxon[12].
  • Common Kingfisher's taxon rank is recorded as species[13].
  • Common Kingfisher's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[14].
  • Common Kingfisher's parent taxon is recorded as Alcedo[15].
  • Common Kingfisher's taxon range map image is recorded as Alcedo atthis -range map-2-cp.png[16].
  • Common Kingfisher's taxon name is recorded as Alcedo atthis[17].
  • Common Kingfisher's GND ID is recorded as 4151654-0[18].
  • Common Kingfisher's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00565249[19].
  • Common Kingfisher's Commons category is recorded as Alcedo atthis[20].
  • Common Kingfisher's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22683027[21].
  • Common Kingfisher's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bqs_[22].
  • Common Kingfisher's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36245[23].
  • Common Kingfisher's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph436714[24].
  • Common Kingfisher's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554549[25].
  • Common Kingfisher's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 8804[26].
  • Common Kingfisher's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 372853[27].

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Recognition

Awards received include Bird of the Year[3], an award[28], in Czech Republic[29], founded in 1992[30] and Q1970703[4].

Why It Matters

Common Kingfisher ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month, #1,086 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Common Kingfisher receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3], Q1970703[4], Bird of the Year[5], and Bird of the Year[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . birdlife.cz. Retrieved . birdlife.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Retrieved . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [7] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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