Corvus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q43365
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Summary

Corvus is a taxon[1]. Corvus ranks in the top 0.32% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,103 views/month, #618 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Corvidae[4], Corvinae[5]
  • Taxon name: Corvus[6]
  • Commons category: Corvus[7]
  • Start time: 17000000 BC[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Corvus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Corvus (genus)[10]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Pauly–Wissowa[12], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
  • Length: 27 inches[15], 17.5 inches[16]
  • Uses: tool use by non-humans[17], caw[18]
  • Has list: list of crows[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Body

Conservation

Corvus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as 396717008[21].

Identifiers

Corvus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 7998[22]. Corvus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30420[23]. Corvus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510001[24]. Corvus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2482468[25]. Corvus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179724[26].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Corvus include Corvus[27], a constellation[28].

Why It Matters

Corvus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Corvus is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for Corvus include Corvus[27], a constellation[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . ncim-stage.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . livescience.com. livescience.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . livescience.com. livescience.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . ncim-stage.nci.nih.gov. Retrieved . ncim-stage.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . 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. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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