California brown pelican
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The California brown pelican is a large coastal seabird known for its dramatic plunge-diving for fish and its recovery from near-endangered status along the Pacific coast of North America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California brown pelican canonical | 1 |
| brown pelican | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21493095 — 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: California brown pelican Context triple: [Morro Bay Estuary, habitatFor, California brown pelican]
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Australian pelican
The Australian pelican is a large waterbird native to Australia, easily recognized by its enormous pale bill and expansive wingspan, and commonly found around inland and coastal waterways.
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B.
American white pelican
The American white pelican is a large North American waterbird known for its striking white plumage, expansive wingspan, and cooperative group feeding in lakes and wetlands.
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C.
spot-billed pelican
The spot-billed pelican is a large freshwater bird native to southern Asia, known for its distinctive bill markings and colonial nesting near wetlands and lakes.
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Dalmatian pelican
The Dalmatian pelican is one of the world’s largest freshwater birds, known for its massive wingspan, curly nape feathers, and preference for wetlands and shallow lakes across southeastern Europe and Asia.
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E.
California gull
The California gull is a medium-sized North American gull species best known for its historic role in saving early Mormon settlers’ crops in Utah from a devastating insect infestation.
- 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: California brown pelican Target entity description: The California brown pelican is a large coastal seabird known for its dramatic plunge-diving for fish and its recovery from near-endangered status along the Pacific coast of North America.
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A.
Australian pelican
The Australian pelican is a large waterbird native to Australia, easily recognized by its enormous pale bill and expansive wingspan, and commonly found around inland and coastal waterways.
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B.
American white pelican
The American white pelican is a large North American waterbird known for its striking white plumage, expansive wingspan, and cooperative group feeding in lakes and wetlands.
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C.
spot-billed pelican
The spot-billed pelican is a large freshwater bird native to southern Asia, known for its distinctive bill markings and colonial nesting near wetlands and lakes.
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D.
Dalmatian pelican
The Dalmatian pelican is one of the world’s largest freshwater birds, known for its massive wingspan, curly nape feathers, and preference for wetlands and shallow lakes across southeastern Europe and Asia.
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E.
California gull
The California gull is a medium-sized North American gull species best known for its historic role in saving early Mormon settlers’ crops in Utah from a devastating insect infestation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Louisiana (implied region for Cajun background)
linked to: California brown pelican