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Description

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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 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 {{Authority Control}} and 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.

Taxonbar is placed below all navigation templates, except Authority control (not shown here).

Position

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See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout

Please place Taxonbar correctly. As a metadata template, Taxonbar should be placed:

Usage

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Add Taxonbar to an article:

  1. In Source editing mode, insert {{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.
  2. Click "Show preview" to check placement, and to see which taxon identifiers are automatically pulled from Wikidata.
  3. 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

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Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), syn. Picus pileatus

{{Taxonbar|from=Q930712}} when placed in the Pileated woodpecker article:

Basic use samples

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See also: Module:Taxonbar/sandbox and Template:Taxonbar/testcases

Examples of articles demonstrating its use include:

Taxon identifiers

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For databases supported by Wikidata:WikiProject Taxonomy, see d:Wikidata:WikiProject Taxonomy#Databases.

The template can automatically get its information from the following properties on Wikidata. This is configured in Module:Taxonbar/conf.

List of taxon identifiers

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Taxon identifiers by parameter name
ParameterWikidata IDAuthorityDescription
abaP4526identifier for a bird taxon, issued by the American Birding Association
adwP4024identifier for a taxon in the Animal Diversity Web database
afdP6039identifier for a taxon on the Australian Faunal Directory website
afromothsP6093identifier for a species on the AfroMoths website
algaebaseP1348URL for a taxon in AlgaeBase.org
amphibiawebP5036identifier for a species, in the AmphibiaWeb database
antwebP5299identifier for a taxon in the AntWeb database
aoiP5003identifier for a species of amphibian in the Amphibians of India database
aofpP6159identifier for a species on the Atlas of Florida Plants website
apaP6137identifier for a species on the Alabama Plant Atlas website
apdbP2036identifier for a plant taxon, in the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève's African Plant Database of scientific names
aphid species fileP12767Aphid Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Aphid Species File database
apniP5984identifier for a plant, in the Australian Plant Name index
apsaP2809identifier for a pollen or spore in the Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas, managed by the Australian National University
araneaeP3594identifier for a taxon in araneae.nmbe.ch
arkiveP2833identifier for a taxon, in the ARKive database
aswP5354identifier for a taxon in the Amphibian Species of the World database
atrfP6904Australian Tropical Rainforest Plantsidentifier for a plant taxon, in the Australian Tropical Rainforest plants database
ausfungiP9076identifier for a taxon (a fungus), in the Australian 'Fungi' database
auslichenP9093identifier for a taxon (a lichen), in the Australian Lichen database
avibaseP2026identifier for a species, subspecies, or genus in the global bird database Avibase
bacdiveP2946identifier for a microorganism, in the BacDive database
bamonaP3398identifier for taxa in the "Butterflies and Moths of North America" database
bhlP687Biodiversity Heritage Libraryidentifier for a page in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)
biolibP838identifier for a taxon in the biological encyclopedia BioLib
birdlifeP5257identifier for an avian taxon, in the BirdLife factsheet database
birdlife-australiaP6040identifier for a species on the BirdLife Australia website
boldP3606identifier for a taxon in boldsystems.org
bowP3444identifier for a species or subspecies, in the eBird database
btoP4798identifier for a bird species or sub-species in the BTO Birds of Britain/ BirdFacts database
bugguideP2464identifier in BugGuide.net
butmothP3060identifier for a butterfly or moth genus in the UK Natural History Museum's 'Butterflies and Moths of the World' database
calfloraP3420identifier for a taxon in Calflora
cal-ipcP6176identifier for a species on the California Invasive Plant Council website
colP10585identifier of a taxon or synonym in the Catalogue of Life
centerP6003identifier for a taxon on the Center for Biological Diversity website
cmsP6033identifier for a taxon on the 'Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals' website
cnpsP4194identifier in the California Native Plant Society database
cockroach species fileP6052identifier for a taxon on the Cockroach Species File website (old archived version)
cockroach species file newP12817Cockroach Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Cockroach Species File database
coleorrhyncha species fileP12771Coleorrhyncha Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Coleorrhyncha Species File database
conifersP1940identifier for a taxon in the conifers.org database
coolP6408identifier for a species in the COOL (Cercopoidea Organised On Line) database
coreoidea species fileP6053identifier for a taxon on the Coreoidea Species File website
dermaptera species fileP12750Dermaptera Species Fileidentifier for a taxon on the Dermaptera Species File database
ebirdP3444identifier for a species or subspecies, in the eBird database
ecocropP4753identifier of a plant used as an agricultural crop in the Ecocrop database
ecosP6030identifier for a taxon on the United States' 'Environmental Conservation Online System' website
eflorasaP6933identifier for a plant taxon, in the Australian 'South Australian electronic Flora' database
embioptera species fileP12751Embioptera Species File Onlineidentifier for a taxon in the Embioptera Species File database
eolP830eol.org item reference number
eppoP3031identifier for a taxon in the EPPO Global Database
eunisP6177identifier for a species on the European Nature Information System website
euringP3459identifier for a species or subspecies, in the EURING database
euro+med plantbaseP12380Euro+Med PlantBaseidentifier for a plant taxon in the Euro+Med PlantBase
faunaeuropaeaP1895identifier for a taxon in Fauna Europaea
faunaeuropaeanewP4807identifier for a taxon at the Fauna Europaea portal launched end of 2016
feisP6044identifier for a taxon on the Fire Effects Information System website
featherbaseP12589Featherbaseidentifier for an entry in the Featherbase database about bird feathers
fishbaseP938identifier for a species in FishBase
florabaseP3101identifier for a plant taxon, in the Government of Western Australia's FloraBase database
flowP6096identifier for a species on the Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web website
fnaP1727identifier for a taxon in the Flora of North America database
foaoP3100identifier for a plant taxon, in the Flora of Australia Online
foao2P6756identifier for a plant taxon, in an Australian Commonwealth database
focP1747identifier for a taxon in Flora of China (English-language revision of Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae)
foioP3795identifier for a plant taxon or cultivar in the Flora of Israel Online database
fungorumP1391Index Fungorumidentifier for a fungus taxon in Index Fungorum
gbifP846taxon identifier in GBIF
gisdP5626identifier for a taxon in the IUCN's Global Invasive Species Database
gnabP4715identifier for a bird taxon in the Guide to North American Birds on the National Audubon Society website
goniatP5216identifier for a taxon, in the GONIAT database
grassbaseP1832identifier in GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
grinP1421GRIN Taxonomy for PlantsURL for a taxon in the GRIN website
grylloblattodea species fileP12768Grylloblattodea Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Grylloblattodea Species File database
ibcP3099identifier for a species of bird, in the Internet Bird Collection database
ifpniP6341identifier for a species at the International Fossil Plant Names Index
inaturalistP3151identifier in iNaturalist
ipaP6161identifier for a species on the Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States website
ipniP961numerical identifier for a plant name in the International Plant Names Index
irmngP5055identifier of a scientific name, in the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) database
iscP5698identifier for a taxon datasheet in the Invasive Species Compendium, produced by the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International
isoptera species fileP12752Isoptera Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Isoptera Species File database
itisP815identifier for a taxon in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
iucnP627identifier for a taxon in the International Union for Conservation of Nature database; source for conservation status (P141)
lepindexP3064The Global Lepidoptera Names Indexidentifier for a Lepidoptera taxon, in the UK Natural History Museum's 'Global Lepidoptera Names Index'
lobP5862identifier in the Catalogue of Lepidoptera of Belgium
lpsnP1991LPSNURL for the website List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)
lygaeoidea species fileP11311Lygaeoidea Species Fileidentifier for a taxon on the Lygaeoidea Species File website
lygaeoidea species file newP12818Lygaeoidea Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Lygaeoidea Species File database
mantophasmatodea species fileP12769Mantophasmatodea Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Mantophasmatodea Species File database
mantodea species fileP6055identifier for a taxon on the Mantodea Species File website
mddP12560ASM Mammal Diversity Databaseidentifier for a mammal species in the American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Diversity Database
michiganfloraP6103identifier for a species on the Michigan Flora website
mobotpfP6034identifier for a taxon in Plant Finder, on the Missouri Botanical Garden website
molP6092identifier for a taxon on the Map of Life website
mnhnP6046identifier for a taxon on the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle website
millibaseP12271identifier for a Diplopoda (millipede) or parent taxon in the MilliBase database
monaP4758identifier for a Lepidoptera species, in the Hodges List (i.e. the "Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico", with subsequent revisions)
mabenaP9608identifier of a species on the Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa website (leps.it)
mswP959identifier from Mammal Species of the World database
mycobankP962identifier per MycoBank - a database that provides an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of fungi
nasP6163identifier for a species in the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, on the U.S. Geological Survey website
natureserveP10243identifier of a species or ecosystem in the Americas in the NatureServe Explorer database
nbnP3240identifier of a taxon in the National Biodiversity Network (UK)
ncbiP685identifier for a taxon in the Taxonomy Database by the National Center for Biotechnology Information
neotropicalP6047identifier for a taxon on the Neotropical Birds website
noaaP6049identifier for a species on the NOAA Fisheries website
nswfloraP3130identifier for a plant taxon, in the NSW Flora Online
ntfloraP5953identifier for a plant taxon, in the Northern Territory (Australia) 'NT Flora' database
nzboP6048identifier for a species on the New Zealand Birds Online website
nzorP2752identifier for a taxon names in the New Zealand Organisms Register
nzpcnP7496ID of a plant taxon held by the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
observation.orgP6105taxon identifier on the Observation.org platform
obisP6754identifier for a taxon, in the Ocean Biogeographic Information System
odnrP6289identifier for a taxon in the Species Guide Index of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website
ottolP9157Open Tree of Lifeidentifier 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 fileP6050identifier for a taxon on the Orthoptera Species File Online website (old version now archived)
orthoptera species file newP12785Orthoptera Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Orthoptera Species File database
paldatP4122identifier for a plant species in the Palynological Database (PalDat) for pollen of the University of Vienna
paleobiodbP10907Paleobiology Databaseidentifier for a fossil taxon in the Paleobiology Database
fossilworksP842identifier for an animal, plant, or microorganism in the Fossilworks database
panarcticP2434identifier for a taxon in the Panarctic Flora
pfafP4301identifier for a plant taxon, in the Plants For A Future database of uses of plants and their parts
pfiP6114identifier for a species on the Portal to the Flora of Italy website
phasmida species fileP4855identifier for a Phasmida taxon, in the Phasmida SpeciesFile website
phasmida species file newP12819Phasmida Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Phasmida Species File database
plecoptera species fileP12770Plecoptera Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Plecoptera Species File database
ppeP6061identifier for a taxon at the Plant Parasites of Europe database
plantlistP1070identifier in The Plant List database from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
plantsP1772identifier in the United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database
plantzafricaP12645PlantZAfricaidentifier for a southern African plant featured on the PlantZAfrica website
plaziP1992identifier for a taxon treatment at Plazi.org
powoP5037identifier of a (vascular) plant name in the Plants of the World online database
psocodea species fileP8145numerical identifier for a taxon on the Psocodea Species File project
psocodea species file newP12820Psocodea Species Fileidentifier for a taxon in the Psocodea Species File database
psyl'listP6376identifier for a species in the Psyl'list database
rdP5473identifier for all living reptile species in The Reptile Database
rhsP8765identifier for plants listed on the Royal Horticultural Society website
sanbiP6056identifier for a species on the Red List of South African Plants website
scalenetP6516ScaleNetidentifier for a genus or species in ScaleNet
sccP6057identifier for a taxon at the Systematic Catalog of Culicidae
sealifebaseP6018identifier for a taxon on the SeaLifeBase website
seinetP6209identifier for a species on the SEINet website
species+P2040identifier for a taxon in the Species+ database (CITES)
spratP2455identifier from Species Profile and Threats Database managed by Australian Government Department of the Environment
steereP6035identifier for a taxon on the Steere Herbarium website
tree of lifeP5221identifier in the Tree of Life Web Project
tropicosP960identifier for a taxon name in the Tropicos database
tsaP5397identifier for a species in the Animal Sound Archive Berlin
ubioP4728identifier for a taxon, in the uBio 'Namebank' database
vascanP1745identifier for a taxon in the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada
vicfloraP5945identifier for a plant taxon, in the Australian 'Flora of Victoria' database
watsonP1761familyID in Watson & Dallwitz: The families of flowering plants
white-filesP6347identifier for a species in The White-files
world arachnid catalogP11803identifier for taxon in the World Arachnid Catalog
wioP6285identifier for a taxon on the Weeds in Ontario website
wisfloraP6227identifier for a taxon on the Flora of Wisconsin website
woiP3746identifier of a taxon in the Wildflowers of Israel database
wfoP7715identifier for a plant in World Flora Online
world auchenorrhyncha dbP12057identifier for a taxon in the World Auchenorrhyncha Database (Hoppers Species File)
wormsP850identifier in the World Register of Marine Species
wscP3288identifier of a taxon in the World Spider Catalog
xeno-cantoP2426identifier of a bird species in the Xeno-canto database
zoobankP1746identifier for a name or nomenclatural act at ZooBank
zoraptera species fileP12753Zoraptera Species Fileidentifier for a taxon on the Zoraptera Species File Online website

Manual identifiers

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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)

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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)

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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 Catalogue of Life in Taiwan 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 FloraCatalana 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

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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

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Basionyms available on Wikidata (via has basionym (P566)) are automatically appended. You may also manually specify the basionym via |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

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See also: Module:Taxonbar/sandbox and Template:Taxonbar/testcases

Purge server cache

lthumb Arabica coffee, Coffea arabica

lthumb Jaguar, Panthera onca

lthumb Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria

lthumb Lactobacillus acidophilus

lthumb Plasmodium falciparum

Module editing — to-do list

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  • Continue to add support for new, useful parameters (search)

Module editing — to-don't list

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See also

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Tracking categories

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See also: Category:Taxonbar cleanup

Maintenance required

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Maintenance desired

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Tracking only (no error)

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TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Taxonbar in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Taxonbar

Links to taxonomic databases via Wikidata

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
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