Wikidata:Property proposal/IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code

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‎IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science

DescriptionStandardized six-letter alphabetic code for bird species by the Institute for Bird Populations
Representsbird (Q5113)
Data typeExternal identifier
Domaintaxon (Q16521)
Allowed values[A-Z]{6}
Example 1Virginia Rail (Q747837) → RALLIM
Example 2Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Q945114) → POERUF
Example 3Townsend's Warbler (Q512543) → SETTOW
SourceAlpha Codes - Zipped CSV File In Taxonomic Order
Planned usePopulate bird species entries with this identifier commonly used by ornithologists and bird banders
Number of IDs in source2,326
Expected completenesseventually complete (Q21873974)
See alsoIBP 4-letter bird species alpha code (P7182)
Single-value constraintyes
Distinct-values constraintyes

Motivation[edit]

Follow-up property suggested in IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code proposal by @DarTar:. --Bamyers99 (talk) 23:07, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

-  Support per original proposal.--DarTar (talk) 04:55, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]