Crotophaga
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Crotophaga is a genus of New World cuckoos known as anis, characterized by their communal nesting behavior and distinctive laterally compressed bills.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crotophaga canonical | 2 |
| Crotophaga ani | 2 |
| Crotophaga major | 1 |
| Crotophaga sulcirostris | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7865299 — 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: Crotophaga Context triple: [Cuculiformes, notableGenus, Crotophaga]
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A.
Molothrus
Molothrus is a genus of New World cowbirds known for their brood-parasitic behavior, laying eggs in the nests of other bird species.
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B.
Sarcoramphus
Sarcoramphus is a genus of large New World vultures best known for the strikingly colored king vulture.
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C.
Colaptes
Colaptes is a genus of New World woodpeckers known for their ground-foraging habits and distinctive, often brightly patterned plumage.
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D.
Dicrurus
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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E.
Quelea
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.
- 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: Crotophaga Target entity description: Crotophaga is a genus of New World cuckoos known as anis, characterized by their communal nesting behavior and distinctive laterally compressed bills.
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A.
Molothrus
Molothrus is a genus of New World cowbirds known for their brood-parasitic behavior, laying eggs in the nests of other bird species.
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B.
Sarcoramphus
Sarcoramphus is a genus of large New World vultures best known for the strikingly colored king vulture.
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C.
Mesitornis
Mesitornis is a genus of ground-dwelling birds endemic to Madagascar, belonging to the mesite family and known for their secretive behavior in forest and scrub habitats.
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D.
Colaptes
Colaptes is a genus of New World woodpeckers known for their ground-foraging habits and distinctive, often brightly patterned plumage.
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E.
Dicrurus
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| billShape | strongly laterally compressed ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
communal nesting behavior
ⓘ
laterally compressed bill ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
anis
ⓘ
greater ani ⓘ groove-billed ani ⓘ
linked to:
Smooth-billed ani
smooth-billed ani ⓘ
linked to:
Smooth-billed ani
|
| describedAs | genus of New World cuckoos ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | from southern United States to South America ⓘ |
| eggLayingBehavior | multiple females lay eggs in same nest ⓘ |
| family | Cuculidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | often forages in open habitats with livestock ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
open and semi-open habitats ⓘ pastures ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Crotophaga ani
ⓘ
linked to:
Crotophaga
Crotophaga major ⓘ
linked to:
Crotophaga
Crotophaga sulcirostris ⓘ
linked to:
Crotophaga
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| matingSystem | polygynous and cooperative ⓘ |
| movementPattern | mostly resident with some local movements ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
ⓘ
Neotropics ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
|
| nestingBehavior | communal nests with multiple females laying eggs in a single nest ⓘ |
| order | Cuculiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare |
shared chick rearing
ⓘ
shared incubation ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Crotophaginae
ⓘ
Cuculidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage | predominantly black ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior | cooperative breeding ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | highly gregarious ⓘ |
| subfamily | Crotophaginae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| vocalization | loud and varied calls ⓘ |
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: Crotophaga Description of subject: Crotophaga is a genus of New World cuckoos known as anis, characterized by their communal nesting behavior and distinctive laterally compressed bills.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Crotophaga
linked to: Crotophaga
linked to: Crotophaga
linked to: Crotophaga