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Anhimidae

family of birds
Taxon taxon Q217484
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Summary

Anhimidae is a taxon[1]. Anhimidae ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (859 views/month, #1,494 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Anseriformes[4]
  • Taxon name: Anhimidae[5]
  • Commons category: Anhimidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anhimidae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Anhimidae[8]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Taxon common name: gjeterfuglfamilien[12], bodičarke[13]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[14]

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Identifiers

Anhimidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 6906[15]. Anhimidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8827[16]. Anhimidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8026[17]. Anhimidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2988[18]. Anhimidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553440[19].

Why It Matters

Anhimidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Anhimidae is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Brazil

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . 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. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon range → Brazil
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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