Template:Taxonbar
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Description
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 catalogue 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 {{
Position
Please place Taxonbar correctly. As a metadata template, Taxonbar should be placed:
- Below all footnotes, and external links.
- Below all navigation templates—except Authority control
- Above the Authority control template.
- Above all [[Category:]]and stub template codes in the editor.
Usage
Add Taxonbar to an article:
- In Source editing mode, insert
{{Taxonbar|from=}}below all other navigation templates except Authority control — it is preferable to add thefrom = QIDparameter even if just a single Wikidata item points to the article. - Click "Show preview" to check placement, and to see which taxon identifiers are automatically pulled from Wikidata.
- If you have more identifiers to add, consider adding them to the article's Wikidata item, so that all versions of Wikipedia automatically benefit. Be careful not to edit the structure or names of Wikidata taxa until you have become familiar with Wikidata:WikiProject Taxonomy and Wikidata:WikiProject Taxonomy/Tutorial.
Basic code:
{{Taxonbar|from=}}
Taxon example
{{Taxonbar|from=Q930712}} when placed in the Pileated woodpecker article:
Basic use samples
Examples of articles demonstrating its use include:
Taxon identifiers
The template can automatically get its information from the following properties on Wikidata. This is configured in Module:Taxonbar/conf.
List of taxon identifiers
| Parameter | Wikidata ID | Authority | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| aba | ASM Mammal Diversity Database | identifier for a mammal species in the American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Diversity Database | |
| mantodea species file | P6055 | identifier for a taxon on the Mantodea Species File website | |
| michiganflora | P6103 | identifier for a species on the Michigan Flora website | |
| mobotpf | P6034 | identifier for a taxon in Plant Finder, on the Missouri Botanical Garden website | |
| mol | P6092 | identifier for a taxon on the Map of Life website | |
| mnhn | P6046 | identifier for a taxon on the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle website | |
| millibase | P12271 | identifier for a Diplopoda (millipede) or parent taxon in the MilliBase database | |
| mona | P4758 | identifier for a Lepidoptera species, in the Hodges List (i.e. the "Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico", with subsequent revisions) | |
| mabena | P9608 | identifier of a species on the Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa website (leps.it) | |
| 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 | |
| nas | P6163 | identifier for a species in the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, on the U.S. Geological Survey website | |
| natureserve | P10243 | identifier of a species or ecosystem in the Americas in the NatureServe Explorer database | |
| nbn | P3240 | identifier of a taxon in the National Biodiversity Network (UK) | |
| ncbi | P685 | identifier for a taxon in the Taxonomy Database by the National Center for Biotechnology Information | |
| neotropical | P6047 | identifier for a taxon on the Neotropical Birds website | |
| noaa | P6049 | identifier for a species on the NOAA Fisheries website | |
| nswflora | P3130 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the NSW Flora Online | |
| ntflora | P5953 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Northern Territory (Australia) 'NT Flora' database | |
| nzbo | P6048 | identifier for a species on the New Zealand Birds Online website | |
| nzor | P2752 | identifier for a taxon names in the New Zealand Organisms Register | |
| nzpcn | P7496 | ID of a plant taxon held by the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network | |
| observation.org | P6105 | taxon identifier on the Observation.org platform | |
| obis | P6754 | identifier for a taxon, in the Ocean Biogeographic Information System | |
| odnr | P6289 | identifier for a taxon in the Species Guide Index of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website | |
| ottol | P9157 | Open Tree of Life | identifier for an entity in Open Tree of Life, a comprehensive, dynamic and digitally-available tree of life by synthesizing published phylogenetic trees along with taxonomic data |
| orthoptera species file | P6050 | identifier for a taxon on the Orthoptera Species File Online website | |
| paldat | P4122 | identifier for a plant species in the Palynological Database (PalDat) for pollen of the University of Vienna | |
| paleobiodb | P10907 | identifier for a fossil taxon in the Paleobiology Database | |
| fossilworks | P842 | identifier for an animal, plant, or microorganism in the Fossilworks database | |
| panartic | P2434 | identifier for a taxon in the Panarctic Flora | |
| pfaf | P4301 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Plants For A Future database of uses of plants and their parts | |
| pfi | P6114 | identifier for a species on the Portal to the Flora of Italy website | |
| phasmida species file | P4855 | identifier for a Phasmida taxon, in the Phasmida SpeciesFile website | |
| ppe | P6061 | identifier for a taxon at the Plant Parasites of Europe 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 | |
| powo | P5037 | identifier of a (vascular) plant name in the Plants of the World online database | |
| psocodea species file | P8145 | numerical identifier for a taxon on the Psocodea Species File project | |
| psyl'list | P6376 | identifier for a species in the Psyl'list database | |
| rd | P5473 | identifier for all living reptile species in The Reptile Database | |
| rhs | P8765 | identifier for plants listed on the Royal Horticultural Society website | |
| sanbi | P6056 | identifier for a species on the Red List of South African Plants website | |
| scc | P6057 | identifier for a taxon at the Systematic Catalog of Culicidae | |
| sealifebase | P6018 | identifier for a taxon on the SeaLifeBase website | |
| seinet | P6209 | identifier for a species on the SEINet website | |
| 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 | |
| steere | P6035 | identifier for a taxon on the Steere Herbarium website | |
| tree of life | P5221 | identifier in the Tree of Life Web Project | |
| tropicos | P960 | identifier for a taxon name in the Tropicos database | |
| tsa | P5397 | identifier for a species in the Animal Sound Archive Berlin | |
| ubio | P4728 | identifier for a taxon, in the uBio 'Namebank' database | |
| vascan | P1745 | identifier for a taxon in the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada | |
| vicflora | P5945 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Australian 'Flora of Victoria' database | |
| watson | P1761 | familyID in Watson & Dallwitz: The families of flowering plants | |
| white-files | P6347 | identifier for a species in The White-files | |
| world arachnid catalog | P11803 | identifier for taxon in the World Arachnid Catalog | |
| wio | P6285 | identifier for a taxon on the Weeds in Ontario website | |
| wisflora | P6227 | identifier for a taxon on the Flora of Wisconsin website | |
| woi | P3746 | identifier of a taxon in the Wildflowers of Israel database | |
| wfo | P7715 | identifier for a plant in World Flora Online | |
| world auchenorrhyncha db | P12057 | identifier for a taxon in the World Auchenorrhyncha Database (Hoppers Species File) | |
| 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 |
Manual identifiers
Some taxon identifiers not currently in Wikidata can be added via additional parameters listed above; however, adding the data to Wikidata is preferable, so that all versions of Wikipedia automatically benefit.
Example:
{{ Taxonbar | powo = urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30009317-2 }}
On Lilium, the result is the following, where the taxon identifier in the Plants of the World Online has been added to those picked up from Wikidata:
If there are multiple Wikidata entries resulting in multiple rows, the row to which an identifier is added can be specified by appending a number matching the relevant |from#= parameter.
A Wikispecies page can be also added manually. However, it is preferable to link it to the Wikidata item; this can be done at the Wikidata page within the "Multilingual sites" section, entering "species" as the "wiki".
| Parameter | Database | Property URL/Interwiki link |
|---|---|---|
| Wikispecies | Wikispecies | Wikispecies:$1 |
Hide specific identifier (optional)
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 unhelpful 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.
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:
Displaying excluded databases (optional)
These databases are available at Wikidata but are excluded by default on the English-language Wikipedia as they are not in the English language. They can be included in the {{taxonbar}} by setting the corresponding parameter to yes (e.g. |CoL-Taiwan=yes), which will then retrieve the value from Wikidata, or by setting the value of the parameter manually (e.g. |CoL-Taiwan=395235).
| Wikidata property name | ID | Authority | Description | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID (old version) | P3088 | identifier (name code) for a taxon in the Catalogue of Life in Taiwan | Taiwanese | |
| CONABIO ID | P4902 | identifier for a taxon, issued by the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (aka CONABIO), a Federal Agency of the Mexican Government | Spanish | |
| Czech NDOP taxon ID | P5263 | identifier for a taxon in the Conservancy Species Occurrence Finding Database, managed by the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic | Czech | |
| Central African Plants ID | P6115 | identifier for a species on the Central African Plants website | French | |
| DORIS ID | P4630 | identifier of an underwater animal or plant species from French metropolitan and overseas waters on the participatory site DORIS | French | |
| Dyntaxa ID | P1939 | identifier for a taxon in the Swedish Taxonomic Database | Swedish | |
| Espèces Envahissantes Outre-mer ID | P6043 | identifier for a species on the Espèces Envahissantes Outre-mer website | French | |
| FloraCatalana ID | P5179 | identifier for a plant taxon in the FloraCatalana database | Catalan | |
| FloraWeb ID | P6094 | identifier for a species on the FloraWeb website | German | |
| FOIH taxon ID | P4311 | identifier for a taxon in the thesaurus of the Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage | Dutch | |
| GT IBMA ID | P6054 | identifier for a species on the Groupe de travail Invasions biologiques en milieux aquatiques website | French | |
| Index Hepaticarum ID | P2794 | identifier in the Index Hepaticarum, a nomenclatural database | French | |
| Oiseaux.net ID | P6025 | identifier for a bird taxon on the Oiseaux.net website | French | |
| Plantarium ID | P3102 | identifier for a plant taxon, in the Plantarium database | Russian | |
| TAXREF ID | P3186 | identifier for a biological taxon in TAXREF, the national taxonomic reference for fauna, flora and Fungi of metropolitan France and overseas developed by the National Museum of Natural History | French | |
| Tela Botanica ID | P3105 | identifier for a plant taxon in Tela Botanica's 'base des trachéophytes de France métropolitaine' - BDTFX - (Metropolitan France Tracheophyte Database) | French | |
| Titan ID | P4125 | identifier for a taxon (Cerambycidae) in the Titan database | French | |
| Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID | P6142 | identifier for a species on the verspreidingsatlas.nl website | Dutch | |
| Vlinderstichting ID | P3322 | identifier for lepidoptera species in the vlinderstichting database | Dutch | |
| Wiki Aves bird ID | P4664 | identifier for a bird species on Wiki Aves is a Brazilian catalogue website | Portuguese |
Multiple Wikidata entries
The parameter |from= / |from1= will be implicitly determined by the Wikidata item linked to the article. For maintenance purposes it is preferable to explicitly provide the linked Wikidata item in the |from= / |from1= parameter, although it is not strictly required. If it is not provided the article will be listed at Category:Taxonbars without from parameter.
Parameters |from2=, |from3=, etc., can also be added, for example, if the linked Wikidata item differs from the taxon name of the English-language Wikipedia article. Some taxa exist under multiple names (synonyms) on Wikidata. To add these synonyms, use the |from2=, |from3=, etc., parameters to specify their Wikidata IDs. If there is more than one row, the taxon name from Wikidata will be shown in the leftmost column — to overwrite this, use the |title= / |title1=, |title2=, |title3=, etc. parameters.
For example, {{Taxonbar|from=Q26972265|from2=Q20717272}}, when placed on the page Dog produces:
The same approach can be used when monotypic taxa have a single article, but there are multiple entries in Wikidata. For example, at Haptanthus, which covers the genus and its sole species, {{Taxonbar|from1=Q15715555|from2=Q133951}} produces:
You can manually add taxon identifiers not present in Wikidata to a specific row by appending the appropriate number to the end of the parameter name — for example, to add an inaturalist identifier to the second row, use |inaturalist2=.
Basionyms
|from#= to manually specify its position.
For example, both
{{Taxonbar|from1=Q43372357|from2=Q164254}}and{{Taxonbar|from1=Q43372357|from2=Q164254|from3=Q21977691}}
would produce identical taxonbars for Ponerorchis cucullata:
However, changing the order of the IDs will alter their position in the taxonbar so
{{Taxonbar|from1=Q43372357|from2=Q21977691|from3=Q164254}}
produces a taxonbar with the basionym in a different position:
More taxon examples
Purge server cache
Arabica coffee, Coffea arabica
Jaguar, Panthera onca
Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria
Module editing — to-do list
- Continue to add support for new, useful parameters (search)
Module editing — to-don't list
- Import synonym QIDs via taxon synonym (P1420) from Wikidata (talk)
See also
Other links
- {{ThePlantList}}
- {{Authority control}}
- {{Taxobox}}
- Wikipedia:Automated taxobox system/intro
- Other templates in Category:Biology external link templates
- Other templates in Category:Botany external link templates
Tracking categories
Maintenance required
- Category:Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item (2)
- Category:Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata (3,453)
- Category:Taxonbars on possible non-taxon pages (400)
- Category:Taxonbars with duplicate from parameters (0)
- Category:Taxonbars with invalid from parameters (0)
- Category:Taxonbars with manual taxon IDs differing from Wikidata (0)
- Category:Taxonbars with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Taxonbars with unnamed parameters (0)
Maintenance desired
- Category:Taxobox articles missing a taxonbar (13) — add {{Taxonbar}}, if appropriate
- Category:Taxonbars without primary Wikidata taxon IDs (10,104) — find/add taxon IDs to the primary Wikidata item
- Category:Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs (1,194) — find/add taxon IDs to secondary Wikidata item(s)
- Category:Taxonbars with manual taxon IDs (0) — migrate IDs to Wikidata, if possible
- Category:Taxonbars with manual taxon IDs identical to Wikidata (0) — remove duplicate(s) on Wikipedia
- Category:Taxonbars without from parameter (0) — add
|from=parameter - Category:Taxonbars with from2 matching article title (764) — swap
|from1=/|from2=parameter values (maybe) - Category:Taxonbars with from2 matching article title & QID (147) — swap
|from1=/|from2=parameter values (probably) - Category:Taxonbars with automatically added monotypic genera (0) — add QIDs of related monotypic ranks to
|from2=, etc. - Category:Taxonbars with automatically added monotypic species (0) — add QIDs of related monotypic ranks to
|from2=, etc. - Category:Taxonbars of monotypic species missing genera (0) — verify monotypic status of both genus and species on Wikidata
- Category:Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species (4,012) — verify monotypic status of both genus and species on Wikidata
Tracking only (no error)
- Category:Taxobox articles possibly missing a taxonbar (13)
- Category:Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items (17,120)
- Category:Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs (9,580)
- Category:Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDs (3,285)
- Category:Taxonbars with 30–34 taxon IDs (1,330)
- Category:Taxonbars with 35–39 taxon IDs (581)
- Category:Taxonbars with 40–44 taxon IDs (334)
- Category:Taxonbars with 45+ taxon IDs (136)
- Category:Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms (15,250)
- Category:Taxonbars with automatically added original combinations (13,547)
TemplateData
TemplateData for Taxonbar
Links to taxonomic databases via Wikidata
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata item | from | no description
| Unknown | suggested |