Gallinula

Summary

Gallinula is a taxon^[1]. Gallinula ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,598 views/month, #1,311 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gallinula's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Gallinula is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Gallinula belongs to the parent taxon Rallidae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Gallinula is Gallinula^[6].
• Gallinula is a type of water bird^[7].
• Gallinula's Commons category is recorded as Gallinula^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Gallinula is Common Moorhen^[9].
• Gallinula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gallinula^[10].
• Gallinula's Commons gallery is recorded as Gallinula^[11].
• Gallinula's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Gallinula's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• Gallinula's homonymous taxon is recorded as Gallinula^[14].

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Classification

Gallinula's scientific name is Gallinula^[6]. Gallinula is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Gallinula is classified within Rallidae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Gallinula is Common Moorhen^[9].

Identifiers

Gallinula's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356^[15]. Gallinula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9122^[16]. Gallinula's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15021^[17]. Gallinula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7918617^[18]. Gallinula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176283^[19].

Why It Matters

Gallinula ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,598 views/month, #1,311 of 195,241).^[2] Gallinula has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Gallinula is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]