Pelecaniformes

order of waterbirds
Taxon taxon Q19338
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Summary

Pelecaniformes is a taxon[1]. Pelecaniformes ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,453 views/month, #1,275 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Aequornithes[4], Pelecanes[5]
  • Taxon name: Pelecaniformes[6]
  • Subclass of: water bird[7]
  • Commons category: Pelecaniformes[8]
  • Taxonomic type: pelicans[9]
  • Said to be the same as: Ruderfüßer[10]
  • Start time: -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pelecaniformes[12], Q9067430[13]
  • Commons gallery: Pelecaniformes[14]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17]
  • Taxon common name: pelikan- og hegrefugler[18], Pelikanfåglar[19]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[20]

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Identifiers

Pelecaniformes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 67566[21]. Pelecaniformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9205[22]. Pelecaniformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2918020[23]. Pelecaniformes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7190953[24]. Pelecaniformes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174670[25].

Why It Matters

Pelecaniformes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Pelecaniformes is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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