Dicruridae
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Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dicruridae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584436 — 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: Dicruridae Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Dicruridae]
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A.
Trochilidae
Trochilidae is the biological family of hummingbirds, a diverse group of small, nectar-feeding birds known for their rapid wingbeats and ability to hover in place.
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B.
Sturnidae
Sturnidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds, including starlings and mynas, known for their social behavior, vocal mimicry, and often iridescent plumage.
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C.
Certhidea
Certhidea is a genus of small songbirds endemic to the Galápagos Islands, commonly known as warbler-finches and notable as part of Darwin’s finch radiation.
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D.
Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopteridae is the biological family of large, long-legged wading birds commonly known as flamingos, characterized by their pink plumage, specialized filter-feeding bills, and gregarious behavior.
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E.
Turdidae
Turdidae is a large family of passerine birds commonly known as thrushes, which includes species such as robins, bluebirds, and nightingales.
- 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: Dicruridae Target entity description: Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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A.
Trochilidae
Trochilidae is the biological family of hummingbirds, a diverse group of small, nectar-feeding birds known for their rapid wingbeats and ability to hover in place.
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B.
Sturnidae
Sturnidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds, including starlings and mynas, known for their social behavior, vocal mimicry, and often iridescent plumage.
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C.
Certhidea
Certhidea is a genus of small songbirds endemic to the Galápagos Islands, commonly known as warbler-finches and notable as part of Darwin’s finch radiation.
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D.
Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopteridae is the biological family of large, long-legged wading birds commonly known as flamingos, characterized by their pink plumage, specialized filter-feeding bills, and gregarious behavior.
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E.
Turdidae
Turdidae is a large family of passerine birds commonly known as thrushes, which includes species such as robins, bluebirds, and nightingales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
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taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
aggressive behavior
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fearless behavior ⓘ glossy plumage ⓘ insectivorous diet ⓘ long forked tails ⓘ often black or dark-colored plumage ⓘ perching habit ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | drongos ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Australasian realm ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
|
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
participant in mixed-species flocks ⓘ |
| flightStyle | agile flight ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
forests ⓘ savannas ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Chaetorhynchus
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Dicrurus ⓘ Drongo species ⓘ |
| isA | passerine bird family ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
short legs
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strong hooked bill ⓘ upright perching posture ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Dicrurus ⓘ |
| notableBehavior |
aerial insect hawking
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complex vocalizations ⓘ mimicry of other bird calls ⓘ mobbing larger birds ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior |
territorial during breeding season
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tree nesting ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Dicrurus ⓘ |
| vocalization |
loud calls
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varied songs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dicruridae Description of subject: Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.