Sporophila

E222458

genus taxon

Sporophila is a genus of small Neotropical seed-eating birds commonly known as seedeaters, noted for their diverse plumage and songs.

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All labels observed (37)

Label	Occurrences
Sporophila lineola	2
Sporophila canonical	1
Sporophila albogularis	1
Sporophila americana	1
Sporophila angolensis	1
Sporophila ardesiaca	1
Sporophila beltoni	1
Sporophila bouvreuil	1
Sporophila caerulescens	1
Sporophila castaneiventris	1
Sporophila cinnamomea	1
Sporophila collaris	1
Sporophila corvina	1
Sporophila crassirostris	1
Sporophila falcirostris	1
Sporophila frontalis	1
Sporophila funerea	1
Sporophila hypoxantha	1
Sporophila intermedia	1
Sporophila leucoptera	1
Sporophila luctuosa	1
Sporophila maximiliani	1
Sporophila melanogaster	1
Sporophila melanops	1
Sporophila minuta	1
Sporophila murallae	1
Sporophila nigricollis	1
Sporophila nigrorufa	1
Sporophila palustris	1
Sporophila peruviana	1
Sporophila pileata	1
Sporophila plumbea	1
Sporophila ruficollis	1
Sporophila schistacea	1
Sporophila simplex	1
Sporophila telasco	1
Sporophila torqueola	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908523 — 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: Sporophila
Context triple: [Thraupidae, includes, Sporophila]

A. Camarhynchus
Camarhynchus is a genus of Galápagos finches, often called tree finches, known for their adaptive beak shapes that exemplify Darwinian evolution.
B. Poospiza
Poospiza is a genus of small Neotropical songbirds known as warbling finches, typically found in South American shrublands and forest edges.
C. Platyspiza
Platyspiza is a genus of Galápagos finches best known for the vegetarian finch, a species adapted to a primarily plant-based diet with a robust beak for feeding on seeds and buds.
D. 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.
E. Taeniopygia
Taeniopygia is a genus of small estrildid finches best known for including the widely studied zebra finch, a model organism in behavioral and neurobiological research.
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: Sporophila
Target entity description: Sporophila is a genus of small Neotropical seed-eating birds commonly known as seedeaters, noted for their diverse plumage and songs.

A. Camarhynchus
Camarhynchus is a genus of Galápagos finches, often called tree finches, known for their adaptive beak shapes that exemplify Darwinian evolution.
B. Poospiza
Poospiza is a genus of small Neotropical songbirds known as warbling finches, typically found in South American shrublands and forest edges.
C. Platyspiza
Platyspiza is a genus of Galápagos finches best known for the vegetarian finch, a species adapted to a primarily plant-based diet with a robust beak for feeding on seeds and buds.
D. 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.
E. Taeniopygia
Taeniopygia is a genus of small estrildid finches best known for including the widely studied zebra finch, a model organism in behavioral and neurobiological research.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
class	Aves ⓘ
commonName	seedeaters ⓘ
describedBy	Jean Cabanis ⓘ
diet	seeds ⓘ
distribution	Neotropical realm ⓘ surface form: Neotropics
family	Thraupidae ⓘ
feedingBehavior	granivorous ⓘ
habitat	agricultural areas ⓘ grasslands ⓘ savannas ⓘ wetlands margins ⓘ
hasSpecies	Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila albogularis Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila americana Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila angolensis Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila ardesiaca Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila beltoni Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila bouvreuil Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila caerulescens Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila castaneiventris Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila cinnamomea Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila collaris Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila corvina Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila crassirostris Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila falcirostris Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila frontalis Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila funerea Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila hypoxantha Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila intermedia Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila leucoptera Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila lineola Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila luctuosa Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila maximiliani Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila melanogaster Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila melanops Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila minuta Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila murallae Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila nigricollis Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila nigrorufa Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila palustris Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila peruviana Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila pileata Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila plumbea Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila ruficollis Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila schistacea Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila simplex Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila telasco Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila torqueola
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ
notableFor	complex songs ⓘ diverse plumage ⓘ
order	Passeriformes ⓘ
parentTaxon	Thraupidae ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
subfamily	Thraupidae ⓘ surface form: Thraupinae
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
typeSpecies	Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sporophila lineola
yearDescribed	1844 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thraupidae → includes → Sporophila ⓘ

Sporophila → typeSpecies → Sporophila self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sporophila lineola