Helmeted Guineafowl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q251842
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Summary

Helmeted Guineafowl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,420 views/month, #1,185 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Numida[5]
  • Taxon name: Numida meleagris[6]
  • Commons category: Numida meleagris[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Numida meleagris[8]
  • Commons gallery: Numida meleagris[9]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10]
  • Short name: N. meleagris[11]
  • Taxon common name: Helmeted Guineafowl[12], Helmperlhuhn[13], Pintada común[14], Pintada comuna[15], perlička kropenatá[16], Perlehøne[17], Hjelmperlehøne[18], Обыкновенная цесарка[19], ホロホロチョウ[20], helmikana[21], sisakos gyöngytyúk[22], Kiiver-pärlkana[23], Perlica zwyczajna[24], perlička prilbatá[25]
  • MCN code: 0105.15.00[26]
  • Mass: 39.4 g[27], 1.587 kg[28]

Body

Identifiers

Helmeted Guineafowl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8996[29]. Helmeted Guineafowl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2473341[30]. Helmeted Guineafowl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176126[31].

Why It Matters

Helmeted Guineafowl has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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