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Ploceidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q211601
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Summary

Ploceidae is a taxon[1]. Ploceidae ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,800 views/month, #1,390 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: passerines[4]
  • Taxon name: Ploceidae[5]
  • Commons category: Ploceidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ploceidae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Ploceidae[8]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Taxon common name: veverfamilien[13], tkalci[14]

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Identifiers

Ploceidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71354[15]. Ploceidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1002748[16]. Ploceidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1620[17]. Ploceidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9336[18]. Ploceidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179626[19].

Why It Matters

Ploceidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Ploceidae is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → passerines
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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