Crested caracara
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The Crested Caracara is a striking, long-legged raptor of the Americas known for its bold black-and-white plumage, prominent crest, and opportunistic scavenging behavior.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caracara plancus | 2 |
| Caracara | 1 |
| Caracara plancus cheriway | 1 |
| Caracara plancus plancus | 1 |
| Crested caracara canonical | 1 |
| Northern caracara | 1 |
| Southern caracara | 1 |
| crested caracara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2290907 — 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.
Target entity: Crested caracara Context triple: [Falconiformes, notableSpecies, Crested caracara]
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A.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Harris's hawk
Harris's hawk is a medium-large, social raptor of the Americas known for its cooperative hunting behavior and adaptability to arid desert environments.
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C.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
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D.
Magellanic woodpecker
The Magellanic woodpecker is a large, striking black-and-red woodpecker native to the temperate forests of southern South America, particularly in Patagonia.
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E.
Sarcogyps calvus
Sarcogyps calvus, commonly known as the red-headed vulture or Asian king vulture, is a large, critically endangered scavenging bird native to the Indian subcontinent.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Crested caracara Target entity description: The Crested Caracara is a striking, long-legged raptor of the Americas known for its bold black-and-white plumage, prominent crest, and opportunistic scavenging behavior.
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A.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Harris's hawk
Harris's hawk is a medium-large, social raptor of the Americas known for its cooperative hunting behavior and adaptability to arid desert environments.
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C.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
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D.
Magellanic woodpecker
The Magellanic woodpecker is a large, striking black-and-red woodpecker native to the temperate forests of southern South America, particularly in Patagonia.
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E.
Sarcogyps calvus
Sarcogyps calvus, commonly known as the red-headed vulture or Asian king vulture, is a large, critically endangered scavenging bird native to the Indian subcontinent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (88)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird of prey
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bird species ⓘ raptor ⓘ scavenger ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
burned fields
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cattle ranching areas ⓘ |
| averageLength | 50–65 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeight | 0.9–1.6 kg ⓘ |
| averageWingspan | 120–132 cm ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Crested caracara
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caracara plancus
|
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2–3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Crested caracara
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Crested caracara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Southern caracara
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| culturalSignificance | featured in South American folklore ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
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birds ⓘ carrion ⓘ eggs ⓘ insects ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Crested caracara
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern caracara
|
| eggColor | cream ⓘ |
| eggMarkings | brown spots ⓘ |
| facialSkinColor |
orange
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yellow ⓘ |
| family | Falconidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior |
active predator
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opportunistic scavenger ⓘ |
| flightStyle |
flapping
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soaring ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
often feeds on roadkill
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often walks on ground ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Argentina
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Arizona ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Chile ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Falkland Islands ⓘ Florida ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Panama ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ Peru ⓘ Texas ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Uruguay ⓘ |
| genus |
Crested caracara
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caracara
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| habitat |
agricultural fields
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coastal plains ⓘ marshes ⓘ open grasslands ⓘ pastures ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| hasSubspecies |
Crested caracara
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caracara plancus cheriway
Crested caracara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Caracara plancus plancus
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| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | yellow ⓘ |
| matingSystem | monogamous ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
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South America ⓘ southern North America ⓘ |
| nestLocation |
cacti
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palms ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nest ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bold black-and-white plumage
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long legs ⓘ prominent crest ⓘ |
| oftenSeenWith | vultures ⓘ |
| order | Falconiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
black
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rufous ⓘ white ⓘ |
| previouslyClassifiedAs | Polyborus plancus ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Crested caracara
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caracara plancus
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| socialBehavior |
often seen in pairs
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sometimes forms small groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| territoriality | defends breeding territory ⓘ |
| vocalization |
cackling calls
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harsh rattling calls ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Crested caracara Description of subject: The Crested Caracara is a striking, long-legged raptor of the Americas known for its bold black-and-white plumage, prominent crest, and opportunistic scavenging behavior.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.