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This metadata template links Wikipedia articles to various biological and taxonomic databases. Taxonbar displays these links as short strings, indicating the unique identifier each database has assigned the taxon for catalog purposes.
Taxonomic identifiers of each taxon are stored and retrieved from each taxon's corresponding Wikidata entry but can be overridden in individual articles with locally entered data. Adding the data to Wikidata is preferable.
This project is based on the work of ((Authority Control)) and Wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject Taxonomy. If you are a template editor or Wikipedia administrator, you may contribute at Module:Taxonbar. Please discuss ideas/thoughts for improvement or use on Template:Taxonbar/talk.
Please place Taxonbar correctly. As a metadata template, Taxonbar should be placed:
Add Taxonbar to an article:
((Taxonbar|from=))
below all other navigation templates except Authority control — it is preferable to add the from = QID
parameter even if just a single Wikidata item points to the article.((Taxonbar|from=))
((Taxonbar|from=Q243761))
when placed in the Scarlet macaw article:
The template can automatically get its information from the following properties on Wikidata. This is configured in Module:Taxonbar/conf.
Parameter | Wikidata ID | Authority | Description |
---|---|---|---|
adw | P4024 | identifier for a taxon in the Animal Diversity Web database | |
apdb | P2036 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève's African Plant Database of scientific names | |
algaebase | P1348 | URL for a taxon in AlgaeBase.org | |
araneae | P3594 | identifier for a taxon in araneae.nmbe.ch | |
arkive | P2833 | identifier for a taxon, in the ARKive database | |
avibase | P2026 | identifier for a species, subspecies, or genus in the global bird database Avibase | |
bacdive | P2946 | identifier for a microorganism, in the BacDive database | |
bamona | P3398 | identifier for taxa in the "Butterflies and Moths of North America" database | |
biolib | P838 | identifier for a taxon in the biological encyclopedia BioLib | |
bhl | P687 | identifier for a page in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) | |
bugguide | P2464 | identifier in BugGuide.net | |
butmoth | P3060 | identifier for a butterfly or moth genus in the UK Natural History Museum's 'Butterflies and Moths of the World' database | |
conifers | P1940 | identifier for a taxon in the conifers.org database | |
ebird | P3444 | identifier for a species or subspecies, in the eBird database | |
eol | P830 | eol.org item reference number | |
faunaeuropaea | P1895 | identifier for a taxon in Fauna Europaea | |
fishbase | P938 | identifier for a species in FishBase | |
florabase | P3101 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Government of Western Australia's FloraBase database | |
fna | P1727 | identifier for a taxon in the Flora of North America database | |
foao | P3100 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Flora of Australia Online | |
foc | P1747 | identifier for a taxon in Flora of China (English-language revision of Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae) | |
fossilworks | P842 | identifier for an animal, plant, or microorganism in the Fossilworks database | |
gbif | P846 | taxon identifier in GBIF | |
grassbase | P1832 | identifier in GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora | |
grin | P1421 | GRIN Taxonomy for Plants | URL for a taxon in the GRIN website |
ibc | P3099 | identifier for a species of bird, in the Internet Bird Collection database | |
ictv | P1076 | ||
inaturalist | P3151 | identifier in iNaturalist | |
indexfungorum | P1391 | identifier for a fungus taxon in Index Fungorum | |
ipni | P961 | numerical identifier for a plant name in the International Plant Names Index | |
ipni | P586 | numerical identifier for a person in the International Plant Names Index | |
itis | P815 | identifier for a taxon in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System | |
iucn | P627 | identifier for a taxon in the International Union for Conservation of Nature database; source for conservation status (P141) | |
lepindex | P3064 | The Global Lepidoptera Names Index | identifier for a Lepidoptera taxon, in the UK Natural History Museum's 'Global Lepidoptera Names Index' |
lpsn | P1991 | LPSN | URL for the website List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) |
msw | P959 | identifier from Mammal Species of the World database | |
mycobank | P962 | identifier per MycoBank - a database that provides an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of fungi | |
ncbi | P685 | identifier for a taxon in the Taxonomy Database by the National Center for Biotechnology Information | |
paldat | P4122 | identifier for a plant species in the Palynological Database (PalDat) for pollen of the University of Vienna | |
panartic | P2434 | identifier for a taxon in the Panarctic Flora | |
plantarium | P3102 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Plantarium database | |
plantlist | P1070 | identifier in The Plant List database from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
plants | P1772 | identifier in the United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database | |
plazi | P1992 | identifier for a taxon treatment at Plazi.org | |
species | P2040 | identifier for a taxon in the Species+ database (CITES) | |
sprat | P2455 | identifier from Species Profile and Threats Database managed by Australian Government Department of the Environment | |
tropicos | P960 | identifier for a taxon name in the Tropicos database | |
vascan | P1745 | identifier for a taxon in the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada | |
watson | P1761 | familyID in Watson & Dallwitz: The families of flowering plants | |
wcsp | P3591 | identifier of a plant taxon, in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families | |
worms | P850 | identifier in the World Register of Marine Species | |
wsc | P3288 | identifier of a taxon in the World Spider Catalog | |
xeno-canto | P2426 | identifier of a bird species in the Xeno-canto database | |
zoobank | P1746 | identifier for a name or nomenclatural act at ZooBank |
Individual identifiers listed in the table above can be removed(hidden) from the bar by setting the corresponding parameter to no
. This is useful when trying to reduce the number of links within Taxonbar. Spaces are optional. There is no sense in removing too many identifiers, for example: removing plant or fungi identifiers from an animal taxon would have no effect as these parameters will not show up on an animal taxon in the first place. It is best to preview ((Taxonbar)) on the page and decide what entries provide little relevant data. Plant species will have the most entries and are most likely in need of hiding some entries if the goal is to keep the bar on one line.
Example: To remove FOC, IPNI, and AFPD, the code would look like:
((taxonbar | foc = no | ipni = no| apdb = no ))
On Coffea arabica, the result is:
Some taxon identifiers not at present in Wikidata can be added via extra parameters, however adding the data to Wikidata is preferable.
Example:
((taxonbar | emonocot = 280381))
On Lilium, the result is:
where the taxon identifier in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families has been added to those picked up from Wikidata.
Parameter | Database | Property URL/Interwiki link |
---|---|---|
eMonocot | eMonocot | http://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:$1 |
emonocotfamily | eMonocot | http://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:family:$1 |
uBio | uBio | http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=$1 |
WSC species | World Spider Catalog | http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/search?sFamily=&fMt=begin&sGenus=&gMt=begin&sSpecies=&sMt=begin&mMt=exact&multiPurpose=slsid&sMulti=$1 |
WSC genus | World Spider Catalog | http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/search?sFamily=&fMt=begin&sGenus=&gMt=begin&sSpecies=&sMt=begin&mMt=exact&multiPurpose=glsid&sMulti=$1 |
WSC family | World Spider Catalog | http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/search?sFamily=&fMt=begin&sGenus=&gMt=begin&sSpecies=&sMt=begin&mMt=exact&multiPurpose=flsid&sMulti=$1 |
Wikispecies | Wikispecies | Wikispecies:$1 |
Some taxons will exist under multiple names on Wikidata. To add these additional names, you can use the |from2=
, |from3=
, etc. parameters to add their Wikidata IDs (|from=
/|from1=
will be automatically determined by the article title should normally be omitted, but can be specified manually if needed).
If there is more that one row, the taxon name from Wikidata will be shown in the leftmost column — to overwrite this, use the |for=
/|for1=
, |for2=
, |for3=
, etc. parameters. You can add taxon identifiers not present in Wikidata by appending the appropriate number to the end of the parameter name — for example, to add emonocot to the second row, use |emonocot2=
.
For example, ((Taxonbar|from2=Q138193))
, when placed on the page Aloiampelos ciliaris produces:
Arabica coffee, Coffea arabica
Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
Jaguar, Panthera onca
Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis
Firefly, Lampyridae
fly agaric, Amanita muscaria