Template:Avibase/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Avibase.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

This template uses Lua:

Purpose[kulemba source]

The template is for making external links to the Avibase ornithology taxonomy database.

Format[kulemba source]

|id= - slug of Avibase page URL; if no value is entered, the template will attempt to fetch it from Wikidata
|name= - text to display; defaults to page name of no value is entered

{{avibase|id|name}}

The Avibase ID can be found in the search results for that species. (Note this is not the same as the Taxomic Serial Number).

Example of usage[kulemba source]

Get data from Wikidata[kulemba source]

*{{avibase}}

Use page name[kulemba source]

*{{avibase|1BB50DE8362A4963}}

will be displayed as

"Avibase/doc". Avibase.

Full[kulemba source]

*{{avibase|1BB50DE8362A4963|Turdus merula}}