Ivory-billed woodpecker
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The Ivory-billed woodpecker is a large, strikingly black-and-white North American woodpecker, long believed to be extinct or nearly so and famous for its elusive status and disputed modern sightings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ivory-billed woodpecker canonical | 1 |
| Ivory-billed woodpecker (historical range, possibly extinct) | 1 |
| ivory-billed woodpecker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22418367 — 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: Ivory-billed woodpecker Context triple: [Campephilus, notableSpecies, Ivory-billed woodpecker]
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A.
red-cockaded woodpecker
The red-cockaded woodpecker is an endangered, small black-and-white woodpecker native to the southeastern United States, known for nesting in living pine trees within mature pine forests.
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B.
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is an ice-free volcanic headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colonies and scientific research stations.
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C.
Nuttall’s woodpecker
Nuttall’s woodpecker is a small, black-and-white woodpecker native to oak woodlands of western North America, especially California.
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D.
California condor
The California condor is a critically endangered New World vulture and one of the largest flying birds in North America, known for its massive wingspan and intensive conservation and reintroduction efforts.
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E.
Bald eagle
The bald eagle is a large North American bird of prey renowned as the national bird and emblem of the United States.
- 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: Ivory-billed woodpecker Target entity description: The Ivory-billed woodpecker is a large, strikingly black-and-white North American woodpecker, long believed to be extinct or nearly so and famous for its elusive status and disputed modern sightings.
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A.
red-cockaded woodpecker
The red-cockaded woodpecker is an endangered, small black-and-white woodpecker native to the southeastern United States, known for nesting in living pine trees within mature pine forests.
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B.
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is an ice-free volcanic headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colonies and scientific research stations.
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C.
Nuttall’s woodpecker
Nuttall’s woodpecker is a small, black-and-white woodpecker native to oak woodlands of western North America, especially California.
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D.
California condor
The California condor is a critically endangered New World vulture and one of the largest flying birds in North America, known for its massive wingspan and intensive conservation and reintroduction efforts.
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E.
Bald eagle
The bald eagle is a large North American bird of prey renowned as the national bird and emblem of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
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Ivory-billed woodpecker (historical range, possibly extinct)
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Scott Crocker
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