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Pica

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

Pica is a taxon[1]. Pica ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,721 views/month, #1,445 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Corvidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Pica[5]
  • Part of: magpie[6]
  • Commons category: Pica (genus)[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pica (genus)[8]
  • Commons gallery: Pica[9]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • Different from: pica[11]
  • P14880: 68624[12]

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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 has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Pica is known by 25 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . 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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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Flipping Switches · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 52
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de',
    P14880 → 68624
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14880: 68624"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Different from → pica
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007556591305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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