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White-eared night heron

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q110279163
White-eared night heron
Henrik Grønvold · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

White-eared night heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Endangered status[4], Near Threatened[5]
  • Parent taxon: Oroanassa[6]
  • Taxon name: Oroanassa magnifica[7]
  • Commons category: Gorsachius magnificus[8]
  • Taxon synonym: Gorsachius magnificus[9]
  • Short name: O. magnifica[10]
  • Taxon common name: Hainanreiher[11]
  • Litter size: 4[12]

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Identifiers

White-eared night heron's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1505865[13]. White-eared night heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10755829[14].

Why It Matters

White-eared night heron has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . BioLib. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 6d ago · Sladjo · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'az', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hainanreiher'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: Hainanreiher"
  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Gorsachius magnificus
    Litter size → {'amount': '+4'}
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48477|batch #48477]]"
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