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Numenius

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q215166
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Summary

Numenius is a taxon[1]. Numenius ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,645 views/month, #1,163 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Scolopacidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Numenius[5]
  • Commons category: Numenius[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Numenius (bird)[7]
  • Commons gallery: Numenius[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]

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Identifiers

Numenius's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3894[13]. Numenius's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 32638[14]. Numenius's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509187[15]. Numenius's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481781[16]. Numenius's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176592[17].

Why It Matters

Numenius has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Numenius is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i46066
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02036098-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293322
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293322, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538486005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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