Cygnus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q29564928
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Summary

Cygnus is a taxon[1]. Cygnus ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,568 views/month, #216 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Anserinae[4], Cygnini[5]
  • Taxon name: ублюдище[6]
  • Commons category: Cygnus[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Whooper Swan[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cygnus (genus)[9]
  • Commons gallery: Cygnus (genus)[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], New International Encyclopedia[16]
  • Taxon common name: Cygne[17], Swan[18], Schwäne[19], labod[20]
  • Different from: swan[21]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q135415827[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
  • Homonymous taxon: Cygnus[24]
  • P14541: 3lm6qa[25]

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Identifiers

Cygnus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 6913[26]. Cygnus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8867[27]. Cygnus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510542[28]. Cygnus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498334[29]. Cygnus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174984[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cygnus include Annakacygna[31], a fossil taxon[32].

Why It Matters

Cygnus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Cygnus is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Cygnus include Annakacygna[31], a fossil taxon[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 7.2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . 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.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 12d ago · ~2026-55666-46 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon name → ублюдище
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Taxon name: ублюдище"
  2. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → swans
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ar', 'ast', 'av', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', 'b
    Sitelink count → 151
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: swans, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961003|swans (#289961003)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3lm6qa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0230733-labut
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +3
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2134950
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0230733-labut, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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