Key:species:wikidata

The species:wikidata=* tag is a machine-readable form of species=*. The value must be the Wikidata ID of an item that is representing a taxon (typically it will be instance of (P31) Taxon (Q16521)).

It can be used also for plants that do not have their own Wikidata item and are not relevant enough to justify their own Wikidata item. Instead of creating a Wikidata item for those plants, add the species:wikidata=* tag to the OSM object with the Wikidata ID of the relevant taxon as value.

This tag may also be used for attraction=animal.

Please also add the species=* tag to these OSM objects, this key is not intended as a replacement for species=*, rather as a supplement to uniquely identify a species.

Note that it is also used by some mappers to tag less specific taxonomy than species. Some use genus:wikidata=* or taxon:wikidata=* instead.

Commonly used values

The most frequently used values in OSM data for this key are (as of October 2022):

For a longer and more up-to-date list see TagInfo or this SPARQL query: https://tinyurl.com/y84ymy8k

These values are the most frequently used taxons assigned to Wikidata items of trees:

For a longer and up-to-date list see this SPARQL query: https://w.wiki/UiN

See also

• species:wikipedia=* - human readable equivalent, can be tagged together
• Wikidata
• species=*
• wikidata=*
• genus:wikidata=*
• Sophox query for threatened species of trees