Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
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The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a stocky, crested North American bird known for its loud rattling call and habit of diving headfirst into water to catch fish.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) canonical | 1 |
| belted kingfisher | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6118592 — 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: Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Context triple: [Kingfisher, notableSpecies, Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)]
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A.
White-throated kingfisher
The White-throated kingfisher is a brightly colored tree kingfisher native to Asia, known for its vivid blue wings, chestnut head, and distinctive white throat and breast.
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B.
Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a small, brightly colored Eurasian and North African bird known for its vivid blue and orange plumage and its expert diving for fish along rivers and streams.
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C.
ruddy kingfisher
The ruddy kingfisher is a medium-sized, bright chestnut-red forest kingfisher found across parts of East and Southeast Asia, known for its loud, whistling calls and preference for shaded streams and wetlands.
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D.
River Tern
The River Tern is a river in Shropshire, England, known as a tributary of the River Severn flowing through rural landscapes and historic market towns.
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E.
Cassin’s Kingbird
Cassin’s Kingbird is a large, gray-and-yellow North American tyrant flycatcher notable for its bold behavior and distinctive white tail edges.
- 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: Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Target entity description: The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a stocky, crested North American bird known for its loud rattling call and habit of diving headfirst into water to catch fish.
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A.
White-throated kingfisher
The White-throated kingfisher is a brightly colored tree kingfisher native to Asia, known for its vivid blue wings, chestnut head, and distinctive white throat and breast.
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B.
Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a small, brightly colored Eurasian and North African bird known for its vivid blue and orange plumage and its expert diving for fish along rivers and streams.
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C.
ruddy kingfisher
The ruddy kingfisher is a medium-sized, bright chestnut-red forest kingfisher found across parts of East and Southeast Asia, known for its loud, whistling calls and preference for shaded streams and wetlands.
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D.
River Tern
The River Tern is a river in Shropshire, England, known as a tributary of the River Severn flowing through rural landscapes and historic market towns.
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E.
Cassin’s Kingbird
Cassin’s Kingbird is a large, gray-and-yellow North American tyrant flycatcher notable for its bold behavior and distinctive white tail edges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
kingfisher ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| averageMass | 140–170 g ⓘ |
| billType | long heavy pointed bill ⓘ |
| binomialAuthority | Linnaeus, 1758 ⓘ |
| bodyLength | 28–35 cm ⓘ |
| breedsIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Newfoundland ⓘ
linked to:
island of Newfoundland
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 5–8 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | belted kingfisher ⓘ |
| conservationThreat |
habitat loss along waterways
ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ |
| crest | shaggy crest on head ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ insects ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution | near freshwater and coastal waters across North America ⓘ |
| eggColor | white ⓘ |
| family | Alcedinidae ⓘ |
| flightStyle | rapid direct flight with stiff wingbeats ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
dives headfirst into water to catch prey
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hunts from perches over water ⓘ |
| genus | Megaceryle ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal shorelines
ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ lakes ⓘ ponds ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| incubation | both sexes incubate eggs ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| IUCNStatusSystem | IUCN 3.1 ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanWild | about 6–14 years maximum recorded ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | partial migrant ⓘ |
| monogamy | socially monogamous during breeding season ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ North America ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| nestSite |
sandbank
ⓘ
vertical riverbank ⓘ |
| nestType | burrow in earthen bank ⓘ |
| order | Coraciiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | both parents feed young ⓘ |
| perchingPreference | exposed branches or posts over water ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
blue breast band in both sexes
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blue-gray upperparts ⓘ chestnut belly band in females ⓘ white underparts ⓘ |
| primaryDiet | fish ⓘ |
| rangeExpansion |
occasionally vagrant to Hawaii
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occasionally vagrant to western Europe ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
blue-gray coloration with breast band
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distinct rattling call ⓘ large head and crest ⓘ |
| scientificName | Megaceryle alcyon ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | female more brightly colored than male ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| territorialBehavior | defends feeding and nesting territories ⓘ |
| vocalization | loud rattling call ⓘ |
| wingspan | 48–58 cm ⓘ |
| wintersIn |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ southern United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Description of subject: The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a stocky, crested North American bird known for its loud rattling call and habit of diving headfirst into water to catch fish.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)