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Sturnus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q333842
Sturnus
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Sturnus

Summary

Sturnus is a taxon[1]. Sturnus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sturnus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sturnus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sturnus is classified within Sturnidae[5].
  • Sturnus's scientific name is Sturnus[6].
  • Sturnus's Commons category is recorded as Sturnus[7].
  • Sturnus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sturnus[8].

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Classification

Sturnus's scientific name is Sturnus[6]. Sturnus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sturnus is classified within Sturnidae[5].

Identifiers

Sturnus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 14842[9]. Sturnus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9171[10]. Sturnus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2489099[11]. Sturnus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179636[12].

Why It Matters

Sturnus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2] Sturnus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Sturnus is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Sturnus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543858505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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