Alcedinidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q8154335
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Alcedinidae

Summary

Alcedinidae is a taxon[1]. Alcedinidae ranks in the top 0.24% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,062 views/month, #474 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alcedinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alcedinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Alcedinidae is classified within Alcedines[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Alcedinidae is Alcedinidae[6].
  • Alcedinidae is a type of water bird[7].
  • Alcedinidae's Commons category is recorded as Alcedinidae[8].
  • Alcedinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alcedinidae[9].
  • Alcedinidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Alcedinidae[10].
  • Alcedinidae's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[11].
  • Alcedinidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12].
  • Alcedinidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Alcedinidae's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14].
  • Alcedinidae's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[15].
  • Alcedinidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16].
  • Alcedinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vodomci'}[17].
  • Alcedinidae's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Alcedinidae is Alcedinidae[6]. Alcedinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Alcedinidae is classified within Alcedines[5]. Alcedinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vodomci'}[17].

Identifiers

Alcedinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 2314[19]. Alcedinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8937[20]. Alcedinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7975[21]. Alcedinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2984[22]. Alcedinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178104[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Alcedinidae include Shaldag-class fast patrol boat[24], a boat class[25] and Feicui Dam[26], a double curvature arch dam[27], in Taiwan[28], founded in 1987[29].

Why It Matters

Alcedinidae ranks in the top 0.24% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,062 views/month, #474 of 195,241).[2] Alcedinidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Alcedinidae is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Alcedinidae include Shaldag-class fast patrol boat[24], a boat class[25] and Feicui Dam[26], a double curvature arch dam[27], in Taiwan[28], founded in 1987[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . 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. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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