Pica

genus of birds in the crow family (Corvidae)
Taxon taxon Q271634
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Pica

Summary

Pica is a taxon[1]. Pica ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (627 views/month, #1,445 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pica is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pica is classified within Corvidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pica is Pica[6].
  • Pica is part of magpie[7].
  • Pica's Commons category is recorded as Pica (genus)[8].
  • Pica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pica (genus)[9].
  • Pica's Commons gallery is recorded as Pica[10].
  • Pica's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Pica's different from is recorded as pica[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pica is Pica[6]. Pica is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pica belongs to the parent taxon Corvidae[5].

Identifiers

Pica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 8318[13]. Pica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 34923[14]. Pica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7237083[15]. Pica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179719[16].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Pica include Fluvicola pica[17], a taxon[18].

Why It Matters

Pica ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (627 views/month, #1,445 of 195,241).[2] Pica has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Pica is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for Pica include Fluvicola pica[17], a taxon[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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