Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki
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The Fiordland crested penguin, or tawaki, is a rare, medium-sized crested penguin endemic to the southwestern coasts of New Zealand, known for its striking yellow eyebrow plumes and preference for dense, temperate rainforest breeding sites.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fiordland crested penguin | 6 |
| Fiordland crested penguins | 4 |
| Fiordland penguin | 2 |
| Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T362903 — 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: Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki Context triple: [Fiordland National Park, hasSpecies, Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki]
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A.
Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Kaiapoi, New Zealand is a small town in the Canterbury region on the South Island, known historically as a river port and for its role as a residential community for notable New Zealand figures.
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B.
Stewart Island / Rakiura
Stewart Island / Rakiura is New Zealand’s third-largest island, renowned for its rugged natural landscapes, abundant birdlife, and opportunities to see the aurora and kiwi in the wild.
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C.
Pavo
Pavo is a genus of large, colorful birds in the pheasant family that includes the well-known peafowls.
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D.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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E.
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.
- 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: Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki Target entity description: The Fiordland crested penguin, or tawaki, is a rare, medium-sized crested penguin endemic to the southwestern coasts of New Zealand, known for its striking yellow eyebrow plumes and preference for dense, temperate rainforest breeding sites.
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A.
Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Kaiapoi, New Zealand is a small town in the Canterbury region on the South Island, known historically as a river port and for its role as a residential community for notable New Zealand figures.
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B.
Stewart Island / Rakiura
Stewart Island / Rakiura is New Zealand’s third-largest island, renowned for its rugged natural landscapes, abundant birdlife, and opportunities to see the aurora and kiwi in the wild.
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C.
Pavo
Pavo is a genus of large, colorful birds in the pheasant family that includes the well-known peafowls.
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D.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
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endemic species ⓘ penguin ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| averageHeight | about 60 cm ⓘ |
| billColor | orange-brown ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Eudyptes
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surface form:
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
|
| breedingHabitat |
coastal cliffs
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rocky shores ⓘ sea caves ⓘ temperate rainforest ⓘ |
| breedingSeason |
spring
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winter ⓘ |
| breedsIn |
Fiordland National Park
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surface form:
Fiordland
Open Bay Islands ⓘ Solander Islands ⓘ Stewart Island / Rakiura ⓘ
surface form:
Stewart Island
|
| clutchSize | 2 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Fiordland crested penguin
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tawaki ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| describedBy | Finsch ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
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krill ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| endemicTo | New Zealand ⓘ |
| eyeColor | reddish-brown ⓘ |
| family |
Sphenisciformes
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surface form:
Spheniscidae
|
| foragingHabitat |
coastal marine waters
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continental shelf waters ⓘ |
| genus | Eudyptes ⓘ |
| hasCommonNameInLanguage | tawaki (Māori) ⓘ |
| hasSynonym |
Eudyptes
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surface form:
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus pachyrhynchus
|
| IUCNStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
flightless
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strong swimmer ⓘ |
| migration | undertakes post-breeding dispersal at sea ⓘ |
| movementPattern | inshore forager ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Fiordland National Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Fiordland
Open Bay Islands ⓘ Solander Islands ⓘ Stewart Island / Rakiura ⓘ
surface form:
Stewart Island
southwestern coasts of New Zealand ⓘ |
| nestSite |
dense vegetation
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rock crevices ⓘ under tree roots ⓘ |
| order | Sphenisciformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | biparental care ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageFeature |
black upperparts
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broad yellow superciliary stripe ⓘ short crest ⓘ white underparts ⓘ yellow eyebrow plumes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Snares crested penguin
ⓘ
Eudyptes ⓘ
surface form:
erect-crested penguin
rockhopper penguin ⓘ |
| reproduction | monogamous during breeding season ⓘ |
| reproductiveTrait | first egg usually smaller and less likely to survive ⓘ |
| sizeClass | medium-sized penguin ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
colonial nester
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forms small, dispersed colonies ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
ⓘ
dogs ⓘ fisheries bycatch ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ human disturbance ⓘ introduced predators ⓘ rats ⓘ stoats ⓘ |
| vernacularName |
Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fiordland penguin
thick-billed penguin ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1874 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki Description of subject: The Fiordland crested penguin, or tawaki, is a rare, medium-sized crested penguin endemic to the southwestern coasts of New Zealand, known for its striking yellow eyebrow plumes and preference for dense, temperate rainforest breeding sites.
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