Steatornithidae
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Steatornithidae is a small bird family best known for the oilbird, a nocturnal, cave-dwelling frugivore that navigates using echolocation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steatornithidae canonical | 2 |
| Steatornithiformes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7801903 — 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: Steatornithidae Context triple: [Caprimulgiformes, notableFamily, Steatornithidae]
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A.
Musophagiformes
Musophagiformes is an order of African birds that includes turacos and plantain-eaters, known for their bright plumage and unique pigments.
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B.
Mesitornithiformes
Mesitornithiformes is a small order of ground-dwelling birds endemic to Madagascar, known for their secretive behavior and limited flight.
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C.
Casuariiformes
Casuariiformes is an order of large, flightless birds that includes cassowaries and emus, native primarily to Australia and New Guinea.
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D.
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of long-legged wading birds, including avocets and stilts, known for their slender upcurved bills and preference for shallow wetlands.
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E.
Rhamphocottidae
Rhamphocottidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as grunt sculpins and their relatives, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
- 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: Steatornithidae Target entity description: Steatornithidae is a small bird family best known for the oilbird, a nocturnal, cave-dwelling frugivore that navigates using echolocation.
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A.
Musophagiformes
Musophagiformes is an order of African birds that includes turacos and plantain-eaters, known for their bright plumage and unique pigments.
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B.
Mesitornithiformes
Mesitornithiformes is a small order of ground-dwelling birds endemic to Madagascar, known for their secretive behavior and limited flight.
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C.
Casuariiformes
Casuariiformes is an order of large, flightless birds that includes cassowaries and emus, native primarily to Australia and New Guinea.
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D.
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of long-legged wading birds, including avocets and stilts, known for their slender upcurved bills and preference for shallow wetlands.
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E.
Rhamphocottidae
Rhamphocottidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as grunt sculpins and their relatives, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | oilbird ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | oilbird family ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | habitat disturbance of cave sites ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Steatornis caripensis ⓘ |
| diet | frugivorous ⓘ |
| eggClutchSize | 1–4 eggs ⓘ |
| foragingHabitat | forested areas near caves ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Trinidad
ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ |
| habitat | caves ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| monotypicStatus | monotypic family containing only Steatornis ⓘ |
| namedAfterGenus |
Steatornis
ⓘ
linked to:
Steatornis caripensis
|
| navigationalAdaptation | echolocation clicks ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
high body fat content in young
ⓘ
specialized nocturnal vision ⓘ strong sense of smell ⓘ |
| numberOfExtantSpecies | 1 ⓘ |
| order | Caprimulgiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | biparental care ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryFood | oil-rich fruits of tropical trees ⓘ |
| reproductionSite | cave ledges ⓘ |
| roostingBehavior | colonial roosting in caves ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| uses | echolocation for navigation ⓘ |
| vocalizationType | series of loud clicks and screams ⓘ |
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: Steatornithidae Description of subject: Steatornithidae is a small bird family best known for the oilbird, a nocturnal, cave-dwelling frugivore that navigates using echolocation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.