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Porphyrio

genus of birds
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Porphyrio

Summary

Porphyrio is a taxon[1]. Porphyrio ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (633 views/month, #1,465 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Porphyrio's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Porphyrio is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Porphyrio belongs to the parent taxon Rallidae[5].
  • Porphyrio's scientific name is Porphyrio[6].
  • Porphyrio's Commons category is recorded as Porphyrio[7].
  • Porphyrio's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Porphyrio[8].
  • Porphyrio's Commons gallery is recorded as Porphyrio[9].
  • Porphyrio's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Purpurhühner'}[11].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swamphen'}[12].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Porfirio'}[13].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Sulttaanikanat'}[14].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Talève'}[15].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'ka', 'text': 'პორფირიონი'}[16].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Sultonvištės'}[17].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Султанки'}[18].
  • Porphyrio is commonly known as {'lang': 'sw', 'text': 'Shaunge'}[19].
  • Porphyrio's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[20].

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Classification

Porphyrio's scientific name is Porphyrio[6]. Porphyrio is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Porphyrio is classified within Rallidae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Purpurhühner'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swamphen'}[12], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Porfirio'}[13], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Sulttaanikanat'}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Talève'}[15], and {'lang': 'ka', 'text': 'პორფირიონი'}[16].

Identifiers

Porphyrio's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 502[21]. Porphyrio's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 54483[22]. Porphyrio's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509122[23]. Porphyrio's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3242186[24]. Porphyrio's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176388[25].

Why It Matters

Porphyrio ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (633 views/month, #1,465 of 195,241).[2] Porphyrio has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Porphyrio is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Brazil

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. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Avibase taxon id → 9B8480B93557FC17
    Parent taxon → Rallidae
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon range → Brazil
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558868505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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