Brandt's cormorant
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Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brandt's cormorant canonical | 5 |
| Brandt cormorant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7562243 — 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: Brandt's cormorant Context triple: [Farallon Islands, seabirdSpeciesBreeding, Brandt's cormorant]
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A.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
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B.
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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C.
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is an ice-free volcanic headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colonies and scientific research stations.
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D.
Caspian tern
The Caspian tern is a large, powerful seabird and the world’s biggest tern species, known for its stout red bill and wide distribution across coastal and inland waters worldwide.
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E.
Branta hutchinsii
Branta hutchinsii, commonly known as the cackling goose, is a small North American goose species closely resembling the Canada goose but distinguished by its smaller size and higher-pitched calls.
- 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: Brandt's cormorant Target entity description: Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
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A.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
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B.
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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C.
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is an ice-free volcanic headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colonies and scientific research stations.
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D.
Caspian tern
The Caspian tern is a large, powerful seabird and the world’s biggest tern species, known for its stout red bill and wide distribution across coastal and inland waters worldwide.
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E.
Branta hutchinsii
Branta hutchinsii, commonly known as the cackling goose, is a small North American goose species closely resembling the Canada goose but distinguished by its smaller size and higher-pitched calls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
cormorant ⓘ |
| authority | (Brandt, 1837) ⓘ |
| averageLength | approximately 84 cm ⓘ |
| averageWingspan | approximately 122 cm ⓘ |
| billColor | dark bill ⓘ |
| bodySize | large cormorant ⓘ |
| breedingPlumageFeature |
bright blue throat patch
ⓘ
white filoplumes on head and neck ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
Baja California
ⓘ
Gulf of Alaska ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | typically 3 to 4 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Brandt cormorant
ⓘ
linked to:
Brandt's cormorant
Brandt's cormorant ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
California Current system
ⓘ
linked to:
California Current
|
| eggColor | pale bluish white ⓘ |
| family | Phalacrocoracidae ⓘ |
| foragingDepth | dives to moderate depths for prey ⓘ |
| foragingHabitat | nearshore marine waters ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | pursuit diving ⓘ |
| genus | Urile ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine coastal waters
ⓘ
nearshore islands ⓘ offshore rocks ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | black legs ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | partially migratory ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johann Friedrich von Brandt ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
Pacific coast of North America ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior | colonial nester ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
islands
ⓘ
offshore rocks ⓘ |
| nonBreedingRange |
northwestern Mexico
ⓘ
southern Alaska ⓘ |
| order | Suliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor | dark-bodied ⓘ |
| scientificName | Urile penicillatus ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | forms dense breeding colonies ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
disturbance at breeding colonies
ⓘ
entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ oil pollution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brandt's cormorant Description of subject: Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
Referenced by (6)
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