Dicrurus
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Dicrurus is a genus of passerine birds known as drongos, characterized by their glossy dark plumage, distinctive forked tails, and agile insect-catching flight across Africa and Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dicrurus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7576522 — 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: Dicrurus Context triple: [Dicruridae, includesTaxon, Dicrurus]
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A.
Coragyps
Coragyps is a genus of New World vultures best known for the black vulture, a scavenging bird widely distributed across the Americas.
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B.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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C.
Ixobrychus
Ixobrychus is a genus of small, secretive bitterns (wading birds) typically found in reed beds and marshy wetlands worldwide.
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D.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
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E.
Cathartes
Cathartes is a genus of New World vultures known for their carrion-feeding habits and keen sense of smell, which includes species such as the turkey vulture.
- 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: Dicrurus Target entity description: Dicrurus is a genus of passerine birds known as drongos, characterized by their glossy dark plumage, distinctive forked tails, and agile insect-catching flight across Africa and Asia.
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A.
Coragyps
Coragyps is a genus of New World vultures best known for the black vulture, a scavenging bird widely distributed across the Americas.
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B.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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C.
Ixobrychus
Ixobrychus is a genus of small, secretive bitterns (wading birds) typically found in reed beds and marshy wetlands worldwide.
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D.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
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E.
Cathartes
Cathartes is a genus of New World vultures known for their carrion-feeding habits and keen sense of smell, which includes species such as the turkey vulture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
agile insect-catching flight
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forked tail ⓘ glossy dark plumage ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | drongos ⓘ |
| describedBy | Louis Pierre Vieillot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Dicruridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
open country with scattered trees ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
aerial hawking for insects
ⓘ
perches conspicuously ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Dicrurus adsimilis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dicrurus aeneus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus andamanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus annectens NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus atripennis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus balicassius NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus bracteatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus densus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus forficatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus fuscipennis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus hottentottus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus leucophaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus ludwigii NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus macrocercus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus megarhynchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus menagei NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus montanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus palawanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus paradiseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus remifer NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus striatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicrurus sumatranus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aggressive mobbing of larger birds
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vocal mimicry in some species ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Dicruridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Dicrurus macrocercus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1816 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dicrurus Description of subject: Dicrurus is a genus of passerine birds known as drongos, characterized by their glossy dark plumage, distinctive forked tails, and agile insect-catching flight across Africa and Asia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.