Nycticorax
E673303
Nycticorax is a genus of medium-sized nocturnal herons, commonly known as night herons, found in wetland habitats worldwide.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nycticorax nycticorax | 2 |
| yellow-crowned night heron | 2 |
| Nycticoracini | 1 |
| Nycticorax canonical | 1 |
| Nycticorax caledonicus | 1 |
| Nycticorax duboisi | 1 |
| Nycticorax megacephalus | 1 |
| Nycticorax violaceus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7576056 — 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: Nycticorax Context triple: [Ardeidae, containsGenus, Nycticorax]
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A.
Chalciope
Chalciope is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis and often associated with the legend of the Golden Fleece.
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B.
Ardeotis
Ardeotis is a genus of large terrestrial birds in the bustard family, found in open grassland and semi-arid habitats across parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Cynurus
Cynurus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the sons of the hero Perseus and the eponymous founder of the city of Cynuria in the Peloponnese.
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D.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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E.
Luscinia megarhynchos
Luscinia megarhynchos, commonly known as the common nightingale, is a small migratory songbird famed for its powerful and melodious song.
- 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: Nycticorax Target entity description: Nycticorax is a genus of medium-sized nocturnal herons, commonly known as night herons, found in wetland habitats worldwide.
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A.
Chalciope
Chalciope is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis and often associated with the legend of the Golden Fleece.
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B.
Ardeotis
Ardeotis is a genus of large terrestrial birds in the bustard family, found in open grassland and semi-arid habitats across parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Cynurus
Cynurus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the sons of the hero Perseus and the eponymous founder of the city of Cynuria in the Peloponnese.
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D.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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E.
Luscinia megarhynchos
Luscinia megarhynchos, commonly known as the common nightingale, is a small migratory songbird famed for its powerful and melodious song.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-sized herons ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
night herons
ⓘ
night-herons ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of medium-sized nocturnal herons ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
ⓘ
aquatic invertebrates ⓘ fish ⓘ small birds ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| distribution |
cosmopolitan
ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek nyktos (night) and korax (raven) ⓘ |
| family | Ardeidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | wades in shallow water to hunt ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies |
Nycticorax nycticorax
ⓘ
linked to:
Nycticorax
|
| includesSpecies |
Nycticorax caledonicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Nycticorax
Nycticorax duboisi ⓘ
linked to:
Nycticorax
Nycticorax megacephalus ⓘ
linked to:
Nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax ⓘ
linked to:
Nycticorax
Nycticorax violaceus ⓘ
linked to:
Nycticorax
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
reedbeds
ⓘ
trees near water ⓘ |
| order | Pelecaniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Ardeidae
ⓘ
Nycticoracini ⓘ
linked to:
Nycticorax
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageCharacteristic |
relatively short neck compared to other herons
ⓘ
stocky build ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often nests colonially ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
coastal lagoons
ⓘ
lakeshores ⓘ marshes ⓘ riverbanks ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
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: Nycticorax Description of subject: Nycticorax is a genus of medium-sized nocturnal herons, commonly known as night herons, found in wetland habitats worldwide.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax
linked to: Nycticorax