Quelea
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Quelea is a genus of small, highly gregarious African weaver birds best known for the red-billed quelea, often considered the most numerous wild bird species on Earth.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quelea canonical | 3 |
| Quelea quelea | 3 |
| Quelea cardinalis | 1 |
| Quelea erythrops | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7576387 — 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: Quelea Context triple: [Ploceidae, notableGenus, Quelea]
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A.
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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B.
Ixobrychus
Ixobrychus is a genus of small, secretive bitterns (wading birds) typically found in reed beds and marshy wetlands worldwide.
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C.
Buru green pigeon
The Buru green pigeon is a fruit-eating pigeon species found only on the Indonesian island of Buru, where it inhabits forested habitats.
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D.
Periparus
Periparus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tit family, comprising several species of tits found across Eurasia and parts of North Africa.
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E.
Pavo
Pavo is a small southern constellation named after the peacock, notable for its bright blue star Peacock (Alpha Pavonis) and rich fields of star clusters.
- 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: Quelea Target entity description: Quelea is a genus of small, highly gregarious African weaver birds best known for the red-billed quelea, often considered the most numerous wild bird species on Earth.
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A.
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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B.
Ixobrychus
Ixobrychus is a genus of small, secretive bitterns (wading birds) typically found in reed beds and marshy wetlands worldwide.
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C.
Buru green pigeon
The Buru green pigeon is a fruit-eating pigeon species found only on the Indonesian island of Buru, where it inhabits forested habitats.
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D.
Periparus
Periparus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tit family, comprising several species of tits found across Eurasia and parts of North Africa.
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E.
Pavo
Pavo is a small southern constellation named after the peacock, notable for its bright blue star Peacock (Alpha Pavonis) and rich fields of star clusters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | weaverbirds ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
Quelea quelea
ⓘ
linked to:
Quelea
|
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
queleas
ⓘ
red-billed quelea ⓘ
linked to:
Red-billed quelea
|
| containsTaxon |
Quelea cardinalis
ⓘ
linked to:
Quelea
Quelea erythrops ⓘ
linked to:
Quelea
Quelea quelea ⓘ
linked to:
Quelea
|
| describedAs |
African weaver birds
ⓘ
highly gregarious birds ⓘ most numerous wild bird species on Earth ⓘ small birds ⓘ |
| diet |
cereal crops
ⓘ
grass seeds ⓘ grass seeds ⓘ |
| family |
Ploceidae
ⓘ
Ploceidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | granivorous ⓘ |
| genus | Quelea ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
sub-Saharan Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| habitat |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
grassland ⓘ savanna ⓘ |
| impact |
agricultural pest
ⓘ
serious crop pest ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | partly migratory ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| nestType | woven nests ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
huge roosting flocks
ⓘ
massive breeding colonies ⓘ |
| notableFor | large population sizes ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
red-billed quelea
ⓘ
linked to:
Red-billed quelea
|
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | ornithologists ⓘ |
| reproduction | colonial nesting in reedbeds or bushes ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
colonial breeder
ⓘ
forms large flocks ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
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: Quelea Description of subject: Quelea is a genus of small, highly gregarious African weaver birds best known for the red-billed quelea, often considered the most numerous wild bird species on Earth.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Quelea
linked to: Quelea
linked to: Quelea
linked to: Quelea
linked to: Quelea