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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 {{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.

Position

Shortcut

WP:TAXONPOS

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

Below all references, 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 the from = QID parameter 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

Taxon identifiers by parameter name
Parameter	Wikidata ID	Authority	Description
aba	P4526		identifier for a bird taxon, issued by the American Birding Association
adw	P4024		identifier for a taxon in the Animal Diversity Web database
afd	P6039		identifier for a taxon on the Australian Faunal Directory website
afromoths	P6093		identifier for a species on the AfroMoths website
algaebase	P1348		URL for a taxon in AlgaeBase.org
amphibiaweb	P5036		identifier for a species, in the AmphibiaWeb database
antweb	P5299		identifier for a taxon in the AntWeb database
aoi	P5003		identifier for a species of amphibian in the Amphibians of India database
aofp	P6159		identifier for a species on the Atlas of Florida Plants website
apa	P6137		identifier for a species on the Alabama Plant Atlas website
apdb	P2036		identifier for a plant taxon, in the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève's African Plant Database of scientific names
apni	P5984		identifier for a plant, in the Australian Plant Name index
apsa	P2809		identifier for a pollen or spore in the Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas, managed by the Australian National University
araneae	P3594		identifier for a taxon in araneae.nmbe.ch
arkive	P2833		identifier for a taxon, in the ARKive database
asw	P5354		identifier for a taxon in the Amphibian Species of the World database
atrf	P6904	Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants	identifier for a plant taxon, in the Australian Tropical Rainforest plants database
ausfungi	P9076		identifier for a taxon (a fungus), in the Australian 'Fungi' database
auslichen	P9093		identifier for a taxon (a lichen), in the Australian Lichen 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
bhl	P687		identifier for a page in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)
biolib	P838		identifier for a taxon in the biological encyclopedia BioLib
birdlife	P5257		identifier for an avian taxon, in the BirdLife factsheet database
birdlife-australia	P6040		identifier for a species on the BirdLife Australia website
bold	P3606		identifier for a taxon in boldsystems.org
bto	P4798		identifier for a bird species or sub-species in the BTO Birds of Britain/ BirdFacts database
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
calflora	P3420		identifier for a taxon in Calflora
cal-ipc	P6176		identifier for a species on the California Invasive Plant Council website
col	P10585		identifier of a taxon or synonym in the Catalogue of Life
center	P6003		identifier for a taxon on the Center for Biological Diversity website
cms	P6033		identifier for a taxon on the 'Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals' website
cnps	P4194		identifier in the California Native Plant Society database
cockroach species file	P6052		identifier for a taxon on the Cockroach Species File website (old archived version)
conifers	P1940		identifier for a taxon in the conifers.org database
cool	P6408		identifier for a species in the COOL (Cercopoidea Organised On Line) database
coreoidea species file	P6053		identifier for a taxon on the Coreoidea Species File website
bow	P3444		identifier for a species or subspecies, in the eBird database
ebird	P3444		identifier for a species or subspecies, in the eBird database
ecocrop	P4753		identifier of a plant used as an agricultural crop in the Ecocrop database
ecos	P6030		identifier for a taxon on the United States' 'Environmental Conservation Online System' website
eflorasa	P6933		identifier for a plant taxon, in the Australian 'South Australian electronic Flora' database
eol	P830		eol.org item reference number
eppo	P3031		identifier for a taxon in the EPPO Global Database
eunis	P6177		identifier for a species on the European Nature Information System website
euring	P3459		identifier for a species or subspecies, in the EURING database
euro+med plantbase	P12380	Euro+Med PlantBase	identifier for a plant taxon in the Euro+Med PlantBase
faunaeuropaea	P1895		identifier for a taxon in Fauna Europaea
faunaeuropaeanew	P4807		identifier for a taxon at the Fauna Europaea portal launched end of 2016
feis	P6044		identifier for a taxon on the Fire Effects Information System website
featherbase	P12589	Featherbase	identifier for an entry in the Featherbase database about bird feathers
fishbase	P938		identifier for a species in FishBase
florabase	P3101		identifier for a plant taxon, in the Government of Western Australia's FloraBase database
flow	P6096		identifier for a species on the Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web website
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
foao2	P6756		identifier for a plant taxon, in an Australian Commonwealth database
foc	P1747		identifier for a taxon in Flora of China (English-language revision of Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae)
foio	P3795		identifier for a plant taxon or cultivar in the Flora of Israel Online database
fungorum	P1391		identifier for a fungus taxon in Index Fungorum
gbif	P846		taxon identifier in GBIF
gisd	P5626		identifier for a taxon in the IUCN's Global Invasive Species Database
gnab	P4715		identifier for a bird taxon in the Guide to North American Birds on the National Audubon Society website
goniat	P5216		identifier for a taxon, in the GONIAT database
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
ifpni	P6341		identifier for a species at the International Fossil Plant Names Index
inaturalist	P3151		identifier in iNaturalist
ipa	P6161		identifier for a species on the Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States website
ipni	P961		numerical identifier for a plant name in the International Plant Names Index
irmng	P5055		identifier of a scientific name, in the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) database
isc	P5698		identifier for a taxon datasheet in the Invasive Species Compendium, produced by the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International
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		identifier for a Lepidoptera taxon, in the UK Natural History Museum's 'Global Lepidoptera Names Index'
lob	P5862		identifier in the Catalogue of Lepidoptera of Belgium
lpsn	P1991	LPSN	URL for the website List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)
lygaeoidea species file	P11311		identifier for a taxon on the Lygaeoidea Species File website
mdd	P12560	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
plantzafrica	P12645	PlantZAfrica	identifier for a southern African plant featured on the PlantZAfrica website
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	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

Basionyms available on Wikidata (via 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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Plasmodium falciparum

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)

Tracking categories

Maintenance required

Maintenance desired

Category:Taxobox articles missing a taxonbar (0) — add {{Taxonbar}}, if appropriate
Category:Taxonbars without primary Wikidata taxon IDs (10,024) — find/add taxon IDs to the primary Wikidata item
Category:Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs (1,211) — 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 (711) — swap |from1=/|from2= parameter values (maybe)
Category:Taxonbars with from2 matching article title & QID (157) — 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 (4,034) — verify monotypic status of both genus and species on Wikidata

Tracking only (no error)

Category:Taxobox articles possibly missing a taxonbar (5)
Category:Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items (17,444)
Category:Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs (9,645)
Category:Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDs (3,298)
Category:Taxonbars with 30–34 taxon IDs (1,340)
Category:Taxonbars with 35–39 taxon IDs (583)
Category:Taxonbars with 40–44 taxon IDs (335)
Category:Taxonbars with 45+ taxon IDs (136)
Category:Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms (15,265)
Category:Taxonbars with automatically added original combinations (13,649)

TemplateData

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[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Wikidata item	`from`	no description Example Q1	Unknown	suggested

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