Editing Template:Taxobox/doc (section)

==== Images ====
An image can be included using the parameter {{para|image}}. It is highly recommended that an image be provided if one is available. Do ''not'' include the "File:" part of the image file name!

If an image is included, [[alt text]] should be provided using parameter "{{para|image_alt}}". Alt text should not repeat the caption; instead, it should describe the image contents to someone who can't see it (see [[WP:ALT]]).

A caption can be provided using parameter "{{para|image_caption}}". A caption need not be provided if it would just repeat the title of the article. It should be provided if it can convey any additional information about the image, such as the sex or life stage of the individual, the location where the picture was taken, the artist (if an engraving or other illustration), or (for higher taxa) the particular species depicted.
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto; font-size:80%">
| image         = Sweetbay1082.jpg
| image_alt     = White flower surrounded by long green leaves
| image_caption = ''Magnolia virginiana''
</syntaxhighlight>

By default, the image width is determined by each user's default thumbnail size preference. In general, it is recommended that these preferences be honoured. In some cases, however, it may be desirable to overrule the default size; this can be achieved by use of the {{para|image_upright}} parameter, which scales the image. Thus {{para|image_upright|1.1}} makes the image 10% larger than the user's default thumbnail size; {{para|image_upright|0.75}} makes it 25% smaller. See [[MOS:IMGSIZE]] for more information.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto; font-size:80%">
| image         = Sweetbay1082.jpg
| image_alt     = White flower surrounded by long green leaves
| image_caption = ''Magnolia virginiana''
| image_upright = 1.45
</syntaxhighlight>

Long or complex image captions, which should rarely be necessary, look better when left-aligned. This can be achieved using "{{para |image_caption_align|left}}".

A second image may be added by use of the {{para|image2}}, {{para|image2_alt}}, {{para|image2_caption}} and {{para|image2_upright}} parameters. Use this sparingly, and only when the article is long enough, ''and'' when it makes sense to include the second image inside the taxobox and not later in the article. [[Camel]] is a good example (a genus with two well-known representatives). A second image may also be useful for species that display [[sexual dimorphism]] so that both a male and female representative could be shown, e.g. [[Northern cardinal]].