Meleagris
North American genus of large birds
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Summary
Meleagris is a taxon[1]. Meleagris ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,109 views/month, #319 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Named after: Peru[4]
- Parent taxon: Meleagridinae[5], Tetraonini[6]
- Endemic to: Mexico[7], United States[8]
- Taxon name: Meleagris[9]
- Has use: food[10], feather[11]
- Commons category: Meleagris[12]
- Unicode character: 🦃[13]
- Start time: -23000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Meleagris[15]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19], New International Encyclopedia[20]
- This taxon is source of: turkey meat[21], turkey egg[22]
- Different from: Galliformes[23]
- MCN code: 0105.12.00[24]
- Produced sound: turkey call[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
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Identifiers
Meleagris's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 905[27]. Meleagris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9102[28]. Meleagris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510618[29]. Meleagris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2473548[30]. Meleagris's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176135[31].
Why It Matters
Meleagris has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Meleagris is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]