Spotted Towhee
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The Spotted Towhee is a striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its loud, scratchy song often heard in shrubby habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spotted Towhee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20696163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spotted Towhee Context triple: [Pipilo, notableSpeciesCommonName, Spotted Towhee]
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A.
Eastern Towhee
The Eastern Towhee is a large, striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its distinctive “drink-your-tea” song.
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B.
Cassin’s Sparrow
Cassin’s Sparrow is a small, streaky brown songbird of arid grasslands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its skylarking display flights and subtle plumage.
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C.
Lincoln's sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow is a small, shy North American songbird known for its finely streaked breast, buffy facial markings, and preference for dense wetland and shrubby habitats.
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D.
Brown thrasher
The Brown thrasher is a medium-sized North American songbird known for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage with heavily streaked underparts.
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E.
Turdus serranus
Turdus serranus, commonly known as the Andean Slaty Thrush, is a bird species in the thrush family (Turdidae) native to montane forests of the Andes in South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spotted Towhee Target entity description: The Spotted Towhee is a striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its loud, scratchy song often heard in shrubby habitats.
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A.
Eastern Towhee
The Eastern Towhee is a large, striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its distinctive “drink-your-tea” song.
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B.
Cassin’s Sparrow
Cassin’s Sparrow is a small, streaky brown songbird of arid grasslands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its skylarking display flights and subtle plumage.
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C.
Lincoln's sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow is a small, shy North American songbird known for its finely streaked breast, buffy facial markings, and preference for dense wetland and shrubby habitats.
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D.
Brown thrasher
The Brown thrasher is a medium-sized North American songbird known for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage with heavily streaked underparts.
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E.
Turdus serranus
Turdus serranus, commonly known as the Andean Slaty Thrush, is a bird species in the thrush family (Turdidae) native to montane forests of the Andes in South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.