Corvida
E720070
Corvida is a large and diverse clade of passerine birds that includes many songbirds such as crows, jays, and related families.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corvida canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7953003 — 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: Corvida Context triple: [Meliphagoidea, higherTaxon, Corvida]
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A.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
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B.
Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes is an order of brightly colored, often large-headed birds that includes kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters, many of which are specialized for catching prey with strong, pointed bills.
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C.
Columbiformes
Columbiformes is an order of birds that includes pigeons and doves, known for their compact bodies, short necks, and specialized feeding of their young with “pigeon milk.”
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D.
Alaudidae
Alaudidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as larks, noted for their elaborate songs and often ground-dwelling habits in open habitats.
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E.
Thraupidae
Thraupidae is a large family of New World songbirds known as tanagers, which includes many colorful species and the famous Darwin’s finches of the Galápagos Islands.
- 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: Corvida Target entity description: Corvida is a large and diverse clade of passerine birds that includes many songbirds such as crows, jays, and related families.
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A.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
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B.
Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes is an order of brightly colored, often large-headed birds that includes kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters, many of which are specialized for catching prey with strong, pointed bills.
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C.
Columbiformes
Columbiformes is an order of birds that includes pigeons and doves, known for their compact bodies, short necks, and specialized feeding of their young with “pigeon milk.”
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D.
Alaudidae
Alaudidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as larks, noted for their elaborate songs and often ground-dwelling habits in open habitats.
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E.
Thraupidae
Thraupidae is a large family of New World songbirds known as tanagers, which includes many colorful species and the famous Darwin’s finches of the Galápagos Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
group of passerine birds ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | many songbird lineages ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | Corvida ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Passerida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | large and diverse clade of passerine birds ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| historicallyClassifiedAs | parvorder of Passeriformes ⓘ |
| includes |
Australian magpies
ⓘ
birds-of-paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ bowerbirds ⓘ butcherbirds ⓘ choughs ⓘ crows ⓘ cuckooshrikes ⓘ currawongs ⓘ drongos ⓘ fantails ⓘ helmetshrikes NERFINISHED ⓘ ifritas ⓘ jackdaws ⓘ jays ⓘ logrunners ⓘ lyrebirds NERFINISHED ⓘ magpies ⓘ melampittas ⓘ monarch flycatchers ⓘ nutcrackers ⓘ orioles ⓘ pittas ⓘ ravens ⓘ rooks ⓘ scrub-birds ⓘ shrikes ⓘ treepies ⓘ vireos ⓘ wattle-eyes ⓘ whistlers ⓘ woodswallows ⓘ woodswallows and allies ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Corvidae
NERFINISHED
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Dicruridae NERFINISHED ⓘ Laniidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Paradisaeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptilonorhynchidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notedFor |
advanced cognitive abilities in some members
ⓘ
complex vocalizations ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| suborder | Passeri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | clade ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Corvida Description of subject: Corvida is a large and diverse clade of passerine birds that includes many songbirds such as crows, jays, and related families.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.