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Gallinula

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q853653
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Summary

Gallinula is a taxon[1]. Gallinula ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,409 views/month, #1,311 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Rallidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Gallinula[5]
  • Subclass of: water bird[6]
  • Commons category: Gallinula[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Common Moorhen[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gallinula[9]
  • Commons gallery: Gallinula[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Homonymous taxon: Gallinula[13]

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Identifiers

Gallinula's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356[14]. Gallinula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9122[15]. Gallinula's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15021[16]. Gallinula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7918617[17]. Gallinula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176283[18].

Why It Matters

Gallinula has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Gallinula is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Homonymous taxon → Gallinula
    Subclass of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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