Red-backed Shrike

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q26671
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Summary

Red-backed Shrike is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,419 views/month, #1,491 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Lanius[6]
  • Taxon name: Lanius collurio[7]
  • Part of: pie[8]
  • Commons category: Lanius collurio[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lanius collurio[10]
  • Commons gallery: Lanius collurio[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[12]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
  • Short name: L. collurio[14]
  • Taxon common name: Red-backed Shrike[15], Alcaudón dorsirrojo[16], Neuntöter[17], Pie-grièche écorcheur[18], Averla piccola[19], Grauwe Klauwier[20], Rødrygget Tornskade[21], Tornskate[22], Rooiruglaksman[23], Жулан[24], セアカモズ[25], törnskata[26], pikkulepinkäinen[27], gąsiorek[28]
  • Wingspan: 26[29]
  • Mass: 3.15[30]

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Identifiers

Red-backed Shrike's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56324[31]. Red-backed Shrike's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7745240[32]. Red-backed Shrike's ITIS TSN is recorded as 560720[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Red-backed Shrike include Laneia[34], a community of Cyprus Republic[35], in Cyprus[36].

Why It Matters

Red-backed Shrike has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include Laneia[34], a community of Cyprus Republic[35], in Cyprus[36].

FAQs

What awards did Red-backed Shrike receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

References

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . 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. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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