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Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds (family taxobox example)

Hummingbirds
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genera
Selasphorus
Elvira
Calypte[?]

Things to note:

  • Usually the taxobox heading is the common name of the family—in this case, "Hummingbirds"— in bold type. Note the plural. The article title, however, should always be in the singular.
  • If there is no suitable common name, use the scientific name instead.
  • Notice that the last entry in the list of genera (in this example it's Calypte) does not include the new line code <br>. All the other ones do.
  • Should we always link the genera? Or only those that seem likely to get an entry of their own soon?
  • Watch out for taxonomic issues. It's a minefield out there!

Example ready for cut and paste

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" align="right" cellpading="2">
<tr><th align="center" pink>'''Hummingbirds'''</th></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><th align="center" pink>'''[[Scientific classification]]'''</th></tr>

<tr><td>
<table align="center">
<tr><td>[[Kingdom (biology)|Kingdom]]:</td><td>[[Animal]]ia</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Phylum (biology)|Phylum]]:</td><td>[[Chordate|Chordata]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Class (biology)|Class]]:</td><td>[[Aves]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Order (biology)|Order]]:</td><td>[[Apodiformes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Family (biology)|Family]]:</td><td>'''Trochilidae'''</td></tr>
</table>
</td></tr>

<tr><td><table align="center" width="100%">
<tr><th align="center" pink>[[Genera]]</th></tr>
<tr><td>
''Selasphorus<br>Elvira<br>[[Calypte]]''
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>



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