American robin (Turdus migratorius)
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The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a widespread North American songbird known for its orange-red breast, melodious caroling song, and role as a familiar harbinger of spring.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American robin | 11 |
| American robin (Turdus migratorius) canonical | 1 |
| Turdus migratorius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T250988 — 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: American robin (Turdus migratorius) Context triple: [Passeriformes, exampleSpecies, American robin (Turdus migratorius)]
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Brown thrasher
The Brown thrasher is a medium-sized North American songbird known for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage with heavily streaked underparts.
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B.
Northern mockingbird
The Northern mockingbird is a medium-sized North American songbird famous for its ability to mimic the songs of many other bird species and a wide variety of sounds.
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C.
Mountain bluebird
The Mountain bluebird is a small, bright sky-blue thrush native to western North America, often found in open habitats such as meadows and prairies.
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D.
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a highly adaptable, social songbird native to Eurasia, known for its iridescent plumage, complex vocalizations, and large, synchronized flocks called murmurations.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: American robin (Turdus migratorius) Target entity description: The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a widespread North American songbird known for its orange-red breast, melodious caroling song, and role as a familiar harbinger of spring.
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A.
Brown thrasher
The Brown thrasher is a medium-sized North American songbird known for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage with heavily streaked underparts.
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B.
Northern mockingbird
The Northern mockingbird is a medium-sized North American songbird famous for its ability to mimic the songs of many other bird species and a wide variety of sounds.
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C.
Mountain bluebird
The Mountain bluebird is a small, bright sky-blue thrush native to western North America, often found in open habitats such as meadows and prairies.
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D.
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a highly adaptable, social songbird native to Eurasia, known for its iridescent plumage, complex vocalizations, and large, synchronized flocks called murmurations.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
songbird ⓘ thrush ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| averageLength | about 23–28 cm ⓘ |
| averageMass | about 77 g ⓘ |
| binomialName |
American robin (Turdus migratorius)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Turdus migratorius
|
| breedsIn | North America ⓘ |
| callType | sharp "tut" call ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 3–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
American robin (Turdus migratorius)
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
American robin
robin ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
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| culturalRole | harbinger of spring in North America ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
berries
ⓘ
earthworms ⓘ fruits ⓘ insects ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Alaska
ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf Coast
island of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form:
Newfoundland
Central Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
central Mexico
|
| eggColor | pale blue ⓘ |
| family | Turdidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | ground forager ⓘ |
| genus | Turdus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | partial migrant ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nestLocation |
building ledges
ⓘ
tree branches ⓘ |
| nestType | cup nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Turdidae
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surface form:
Turdus
|
| plumageFeature |
gray-brown upperparts
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orange-red breast ⓘ white eye ring ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | female duller than male ⓘ |
| songDescription | melodious caroling song ⓘ |
| symbolOf | spring ⓘ |
| tailType | medium-length tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
gardens
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parks ⓘ suburbs ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| urbanAdaptation | tolerant of human-modified landscapes ⓘ |
| wintersIn |
Central America
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Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
southern Canada ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1766 ⓘ |
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: American robin (Turdus migratorius) Description of subject: The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a widespread North American songbird known for its orange-red breast, melodious caroling song, and role as a familiar harbinger of spring.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.