Selasphorus
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Selasphorus is a genus of small, brightly colored hummingbirds known for their rapid flight and often striking reddish or orange plumage, found primarily in the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
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| Selasphorus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22063344 — 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: Selasphorus Context triple: [Selasphorus rufus, genus, Selasphorus]
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Selasphorus rufus
Selasphorus rufus, commonly known as the rufous hummingbird, is a small, migratory North American hummingbird species noted for its brilliant orange plumage and remarkable long-distance flights.
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Phylidonyris
Phylidonyris is a genus of Australian honeyeaters known for their nectar-feeding habits and often striking, contrasting plumage.
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C.
Myioborus
Myioborus is a genus of small, active New World warblers commonly known as whitestarts or redstarts, noted for their bright plumage and tail-flicking behavior.
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Myiarchus
Myiarchus is a genus of New World flycatchers known for their upright perching posture, insectivorous diet, and often rufous-tinged plumage.
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E.
Cleptornis
Cleptornis is a genus of small passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae, best known for the golden white-eye of the Mariana Islands.
- 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: Selasphorus Target entity description: Selasphorus is a genus of small, brightly colored hummingbirds known for their rapid flight and often striking reddish or orange plumage, found primarily in the Americas.
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A.
Selasphorus rufus
Selasphorus rufus, commonly known as the rufous hummingbird, is a small, migratory North American hummingbird species noted for its brilliant orange plumage and remarkable long-distance flights.
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B.
Phylidonyris
Phylidonyris is a genus of Australian honeyeaters known for their nectar-feeding habits and often striking, contrasting plumage.
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C.
Myioborus
Myioborus is a genus of small, active New World warblers commonly known as whitestarts or redstarts, noted for their bright plumage and tail-flicking behavior.
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D.
Myiarchus
Myiarchus is a genus of New World flycatchers known for their upright perching posture, insectivorous diet, and often rufous-tinged plumage.
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E.
Cleptornis
Cleptornis is a genus of small passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae, best known for the golden white-eye of the Mariana Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.