Audouin's gull
E193445
Audouin's gull is a rare Mediterranean seabird species known for its pale plumage, dark bill, and conservation-dependent breeding colonies along coastal and island habitats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Audouin's gull canonical | 3 |
| Larus audouinii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1738712 — 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: Audouin's gull Context triple: [Ria Formosa Natural Park, containsSpecies, Audouin's gull]
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A.
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.
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B.
Eared grebe
The eared grebe is a small, dark-plumaged waterbird with striking red eyes and golden ear tufts in breeding season, known for its elaborate courtship displays and reliance on saline lakes during migration.
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C.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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D.
northern gannet
The northern gannet is a large seabird of the North Atlantic known for its striking white plumage with black wingtips and spectacular high-speed plunge-diving for fish.
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E.
Osprey
The osprey is a large fish-eating bird of prey, often called the sea hawk, known for its distinctive dark eye stripe and dramatic dives into water to catch fish.
- 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: Audouin's gull Target entity description: Audouin's gull is a rare Mediterranean seabird species known for its pale plumage, dark bill, and conservation-dependent breeding colonies along coastal and island habitats.
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A.
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.
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B.
Eared grebe
The eared grebe is a small, dark-plumaged waterbird with striking red eyes and golden ear tufts in breeding season, known for its elaborate courtship displays and reliance on saline lakes during migration.
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C.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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D.
northern gannet
The northern gannet is a large seabird of the North Atlantic known for its striking white plumage with black wingtips and spectacular high-speed plunge-diving for fish.
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E.
Osprey
The osprey is a large fish-eating bird of prey, often called the sea hawk, known for its distinctive dark eye stripe and dramatic dives into water to catch fish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
gull ⓘ seabird ⓘ |
| billColor | dark red bill ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Ichthyaetus
ⓘ
surface form:
Ichthyaetus audouinii
Audouin's gull self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Larus audouinii
|
| bodyLength | approximately 46–52 cm ⓘ |
| breedingColonyType | colonial nester ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
Mediterranean Basin
ⓘ
western Mediterranean islands ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2–3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | Audouin's gull self-link ⓘ |
| conservationAction |
control of predators at colonies
ⓘ
monitoring of breeding populations ⓘ protected breeding colonies ⓘ |
| conservationDependent | true ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ |
| eggColor | buff with dark spots ⓘ |
| eyeColor | dark eye ⓘ |
| family | Laridae ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
plunge diving
ⓘ
surface feeding ⓘ |
| genus | Ichthyaetus ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal areas
ⓘ
islands ⓘ lagoons ⓘ rocky shores ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| IUCNStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | grey-green legs ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | partial migrant ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jean Victoire Audouin ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
eastern Atlantic coasts ⓘ |
| nestSite | ground ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
pale grey upperparts
ⓘ
white underparts ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
bycatch in fisheries
ⓘ
competition with other gulls ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ human disturbance ⓘ predation at colonies ⓘ |
| wingPattern | narrow black wing tips ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 120–140 cm ⓘ |
| winteringRange | west African coasts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Audouin's gull Description of subject: Audouin's gull is a rare Mediterranean seabird species known for its pale plumage, dark bill, and conservation-dependent breeding colonies along coastal and island habitats.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Larus audouinii