Thraupis episcopus
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Thraupis episcopus is a widespread Neotropical tanager species known for its pale blue plumage and common presence in open and semi-open habitats from Mexico to South America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thraupis | 1 |
| Thraupis episcopus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908484 — 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: Thraupis episcopus Context triple: [Thraupidae, includes, Thraupis episcopus]
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Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Coccothraustes coccothraustes, commonly known as the hawfinch, is a robust, large-billed finch species found across Europe and parts of Asia, noted for its powerful beak adapted to cracking hard seeds.
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B.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
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C.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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D.
Turdus
Turdus is a large genus of thrushes that includes many familiar songbirds such as robins and blackbirds found across much of the world.
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Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
- 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: Thraupis episcopus Target entity description: Thraupis episcopus is a widespread Neotropical tanager species known for its pale blue plumage and common presence in open and semi-open habitats from Mexico to South America.
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A.
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Coccothraustes coccothraustes, commonly known as the hawfinch, is a robust, large-billed finch species found across Europe and parts of Asia, noted for its powerful beak adapted to cracking hard seeds.
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B.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
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C.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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D.
Turdus
Turdus is a large genus of thrushes that includes many familiar songbirds such as robins and blackbirds found across much of the world.
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E.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neotropical bird
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bird species ⓘ tanager ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 16 cm ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 30 g ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | socially monogamous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
blue-gray tanager
ⓘ
blue-gray tanager ⓘ
surface form:
blue-grey tanager
|
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
insectivorous ⓘ |
| eggColor | whitish with brown or gray markings ⓘ |
| family | Thraupidae ⓘ |
| foragingStratum |
canopy
ⓘ
subcanopy ⓘ |
| genus | Thraupis ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest edges
ⓘ
gardens ⓘ open habitats ⓘ parks ⓘ semi-open habitats ⓘ |
| introducedTo | Peru urban areas ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| malePlumage | slightly brighter blue than female ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Central America
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Mexico ⓘ South America ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| nestSite | tree branches ⓘ |
| nestType | cup-shaped nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| originalGenus | Tanagra ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
blue-gray
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pale blue ⓘ |
| primaryFood |
fruit
ⓘ
insects ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | weak ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
often seen in pairs
ⓘ
often seen in small groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalPerch | exposed branches ⓘ |
| urbanAdaptation | tolerant of human-modified landscapes ⓘ |
| vocalization | high-pitched calls ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1766 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Thraupis episcopus Description of subject: Thraupis episcopus is a widespread Neotropical tanager species known for its pale blue plumage and common presence in open and semi-open habitats from Mexico to South America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thraupis