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Upupidae

monotypic family of birds
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q20977
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Summary

Upupidae is a monotypic taxon[1]. Upupidae ranks in the top 0.078% of monotypic taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,811 views/month, #2 of 2,572).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Bucerotiformes[4]
  • Taxon name: Upupidae[5]
  • Commons category: Upupidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Upupidae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Upupidae[8]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], The Encyclopedia Americana[13], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[14]
  • Taxon common name: smrdokavre[15]

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Identifiers

Upupidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 20967[16]. Upupidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 57390[17]. Upupidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8676[18]. Upupidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5293[19]. Upupidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178136[20].

Why It Matters

Upupidae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Upupidae is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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