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Puffin

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q311761
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Summary

Puffin is a taxon[1]. Puffin ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,112 views/month, #366 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Alcidae[4], Fraterculini[5]
  • Taxon name: Fratercula[6]
  • Commons category: Fratercula[7]
  • Start time: -100000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fratercula[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], New International Encyclopedia[11]
  • This taxon is source of: puffin meat[12]

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Identifiers

Puffin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4503[13]. Puffin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28700[14]. Puffin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509369[15]. Puffin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481352[16]. Puffin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177024[17].

Why It Matters

Puffin has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Puffin is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] ↑ . The fossil record and phylogeny of the auklets (Pan-Alcidae, Aethiini). 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. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
    Taxon rank → genus
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