Corn Crake

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q26017
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Corn Crake

Summary

Corn Crake is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (881 views/month, #1,317 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Corn Crake's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Corn Crake is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Corn Crake's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Corn Crake is classified within Crex[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Corn Crake is Crex crex[7].
  • Corn Crake's Commons category is recorded as Crex crex[8].
  • Corn Crake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crex crex[9].
  • Corn Crake's Commons gallery is recorded as Crex crex[10].
  • Corn Crake's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[11].
  • Corn Crake's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Corn Crake's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Corn Crake's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[14].
  • Corn Crake's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. crex'}[15].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'rhegen yr ŷd'}[16].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Corn Crake'}[17].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wachtelkönig'}[18].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Guión de codornices'}[19].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'guatlla maresa eurasiàtica'}[20].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'chřástal polní'}[21].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'rukkirääk'}[22].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Åkerrikse'}[23].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Коростель'}[24].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ウズラクイナ'}[25].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Engsnarre'}[26].
  • Corn Crake is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'ruisrääkkä'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Corn Crake is Crex crex[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Crex[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'rhegen yr ŷd'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wachtelkönig'}[18], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Guión de codornices'}[19], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'guatlla maresa eurasiàtica'}[20], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'chřástal polní'}[21].

Identifiers

Corn Crake's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 185586[28]. Corn Crake's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509103[29]. Corn Crake's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4408498[30]. Corn Crake's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176277[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Corn Crake include Corn Crake Cultural Award[32], an award[33], in Estonia[34], founded in 2000[35].

Why It Matters

Corn Crake ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (881 views/month, #1,317 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Corn Crake Cultural Award[32], an award[33], in Estonia[34], founded in 2000[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Gwefan Llên Natur. 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 . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . 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] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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