Temminck’s cormorant
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Temminck’s cormorant is a medium-sized seabird of the cormorant family native to coastal East Asia, known for its dark plumage and fish-diving habits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temminck’s cormorant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20774072 — 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: Temminck’s cormorant Context triple: [Coenraad Jacob Temminck, hasHonorificEponym, Temminck’s cormorant]
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A.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
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B.
Guanay cormorant
The Guanay cormorant is a South American seabird known for forming vast breeding colonies along the Pacific coast and historically being a major producer of guano.
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C.
Brandt's cormorant
Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
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D.
Socotra cormorant
The Socotra cormorant is a large, dark-plumaged seabird native to the Arabian Gulf and surrounding regions, known for its coastal colonies and dependence on marine habitats.
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E.
great cormorant
The great cormorant is a large, dark-plumaged seabird found across coastal and inland waters of the Northern Hemisphere, known for its expert diving and fish-catching abilities.
- 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: Temminck’s cormorant Target entity description: Temminck’s cormorant is a medium-sized seabird of the cormorant family native to coastal East Asia, known for its dark plumage and fish-diving habits.
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A.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
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B.
Guanay cormorant
The Guanay cormorant is a South American seabird known for forming vast breeding colonies along the Pacific coast and historically being a major producer of guano.
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C.
Brandt's cormorant
Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
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D.
Socotra cormorant
The Socotra cormorant is a large, dark-plumaged seabird native to the Arabian Gulf and surrounding regions, known for its coastal colonies and dependence on marine habitats.
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E.
great cormorant
The great cormorant is a large, dark-plumaged seabird found across coastal and inland waters of the Northern Hemisphere, known for its expert diving and fish-catching abilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.