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Sphenisciformes

order of birds
Class type of: oceanic seabird Q12198609

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
monotypic taxon
Subclass of
oceanic seabird[5]
Code of nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[6]
Parent taxon
Austrodyptornithes[3]
Taxon common name
Пингвинови, Pengwin, Pingvin, Pinguine, Pinguinvögel, Penguins, Sfeniskoformaj, Pingüino, پنگوئن, פינגווינים, Pingvinke, Pinguino
+15 moreペンギン, 펭귄, Pingkwins, Pingvininiai paukščiai, Пингвиновидни, Pinguïns, Tsídii naʼałkʼaiʼí, Pingwiny, Pinguim, Пингвины, Tučniakovité, pingvini, Pingviner, Penguenler, 企鵝
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Taxon name
Sphenisciformes[4]
Taxon range
Brazil
Taxon rank
order[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en penguin en pinguins en Sphenisciformes ar بطريقيات ar Sphenisciformes ar البطريقيات cs tučňáci de Pinguinvögel de Sphenisciformes de Pinguin de Pinguine el πιγκουίνοι el πιγκουίνος el Σφηνισκόμορφα es pingüino es pingüinos fr Sphénisciformes he Sphenisciformes he פינגווינאים hu pingvinalakúak
🔖 Identifiers · 32
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300310300
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Sphenisciformes
BOLD Systems taxon ID
334
Catalogue of Life ID
44K
EPPO Code
1ZPHNO
Elhuyar ZTH ID
023463
Encyclopedia of Life ID
2921382
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/penguin
Fossilworks taxon ID
36626
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
7190978
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
esfenisciformes
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0105008
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3139526
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
pingvinoobraznye-91300c
INaturalist taxon ID
67564
IRMNG ID
12029
ITIS TSN
174442
Interlingual Index ID
i46199
Museum-digital tag ID
51556, 10031
NBIC scientific name ID
128032
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000161032
NCBI taxonomy ID
9230
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
12078f23-47f4-4f8d-a50e-c6f2f1ae3f78
Open Tree of Life ID
494366
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
104308
Plazi ID
AB0787CD-0A47-FF99-FDAB-F9E2E5C225F8
Topic's main category
Category:Sphenisciformes, Category:Penguins
Wiki Aves ID
sphenisciformes
WoRMS-ID for taxa
196033
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02057934-n
YSO ID
3539
Yale LUX ID
concept/f8977dfd-904e-490d-8721-667911573613

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 5
penguin, Waimanu, Kairuku, Kumimanu, Muriwaimanu
Topic's main category 2
Category:Penguins, Category:Sphenisciformes
Code of nomenclature 1
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Instance of 1
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon 1
Austrodyptornithes
Taxon range 1
Brazil
Taxon rank 1
order
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Sphenisciformes
← Taxon known by this common name 1
seabird
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Summary

Sphenisciformes is a monotypic taxon[1].

Related Entities

Brazil

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Class ancestry

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → oceanic seabird
    "Created claim: Subclass of: oceanic seabird, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790008174057"
  2. 13w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i46199
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 02057934-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  3. 26w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Sphenisciformes, Category:Penguins
    Taxon rank → order
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Parent taxon → Austrodyptornithes
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 3539, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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