White-headed duck
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The White-headed duck is a small, stiff-tailed diving duck native to Eurasia and North Africa, known for the male’s distinctive white head and blue bill and its preference for shallow, vegetated wetlands.
All labels observed (1)
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| White-headed duck canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20751336 — 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: White-headed duck Context triple: [Moroccan Middle Atlas wetlands, habitatFor, White-headed duck]
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Ferruginous duck
The Ferruginous duck is a medium-sized diving duck species known for its rich chestnut plumage and preference for freshwater wetlands across parts of Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
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white-winged wood duck
The white-winged wood duck is a large, rare and endangered forest duck native to northeastern India and Southeast Asia, known for its striking white wing patches and preference for secluded, swampy forest wetlands.
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blue-billed duck
The blue-billed duck is a small, stiff-tailed Australian diving duck known for the male’s bright blue bill during the breeding season and its preference for deep freshwater wetlands.
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D.
Muscovy duck
The Muscovy duck is a large, hardy duck species native to Central and South America, known for its distinctive red facial caruncles and widespread use in meat and egg production.
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E.
Anser cygnoides
Anser cygnoides, commonly known as the swan goose, is a large East Asian waterfowl species that is also the wild ancestor of the domesticated Chinese goose.
- 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: White-headed duck Target entity description: The White-headed duck is a small, stiff-tailed diving duck native to Eurasia and North Africa, known for the male’s distinctive white head and blue bill and its preference for shallow, vegetated wetlands.
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A.
Ferruginous duck
The Ferruginous duck is a medium-sized diving duck species known for its rich chestnut plumage and preference for freshwater wetlands across parts of Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
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B.
white-winged wood duck
The white-winged wood duck is a large, rare and endangered forest duck native to northeastern India and Southeast Asia, known for its striking white wing patches and preference for secluded, swampy forest wetlands.
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C.
blue-billed duck
The blue-billed duck is a small, stiff-tailed Australian diving duck known for the male’s bright blue bill during the breeding season and its preference for deep freshwater wetlands.
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D.
Muscovy duck
The Muscovy duck is a large, hardy duck species native to Central and South America, known for its distinctive red facial caruncles and widespread use in meat and egg production.
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E.
Anser cygnoides
Anser cygnoides, commonly known as the swan goose, is a large East Asian waterfowl species that is also the wild ancestor of the domesticated Chinese goose.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.