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Sitta

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q858577
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Sitta

Summary

Sitta is a taxon[1]. Sitta ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (908 views/month, #1,313 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sitta's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sitta is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sitta is classified within Sittidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sitta is Sitta[6].
  • Sitta's Commons category is recorded as Sitta[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Sitta is Eurasian Nuthatch[8].
  • Sitta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sitta[9].
  • Sitta's Commons gallery is recorded as Sitta[10].
  • Sitta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • Sitta's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Sitta's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Sitta is Sitta[6]. Sitta is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sitta belongs to the parent taxon Sittidae[5]. The taxonomic type of Sitta is Eurasian Nuthatch[8].

Identifiers

Sitta's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 14800[14]. Sitta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50248[15]. Sitta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510138[16]. Sitta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2484878[17]. Sitta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178774[18].

Why It Matters

Sitta ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (908 views/month, #1,313 of 195,241).[2] Sitta has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Sitta is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . 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.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Eurasian Nuthatch
    Parent taxon → Sittidae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007585891505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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