blue-footed booby
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The blue-footed booby is a marine bird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, famous for its bright blue feet and elaborate courtship dances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| blue-footed booby canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9095238 — 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: blue-footed booby Context triple: [Islas Marietas, fauna, blue-footed booby]
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red-footed booby
The red-footed booby is a tropical seabird known for its distinctive brightly colored feet, agile plunge-diving for fish and squid, and widespread breeding colonies across islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
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B.
Abbott’s booby
Abbott’s booby is a large, endangered seabird known for its restricted breeding range on Australia’s remote Christmas Island and its distinctive black-and-white plumage.
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C.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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D.
Nazca booby
The Nazca booby is a large seabird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its striking white plumage with black markings, strong marine foraging behavior, and breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Galápagos.
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waved albatross
The waved albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the Galápagos known for its elaborate courtship dances and for being the only albatross species that breeds primarily in the tropics.
- 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: blue-footed booby Target entity description: The blue-footed booby is a marine bird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, famous for its bright blue feet and elaborate courtship dances.
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A.
red-footed booby
The red-footed booby is a tropical seabird known for its distinctive brightly colored feet, agile plunge-diving for fish and squid, and widespread breeding colonies across islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
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B.
Abbott’s booby
Abbott’s booby is a large, endangered seabird known for its restricted breeding range on Australia’s remote Christmas Island and its distinctive black-and-white plumage.
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C.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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D.
Nazca booby
The Nazca booby is a large seabird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its striking white plumage with black markings, strong marine foraging behavior, and breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Galápagos.
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E.
waved albatross
The waved albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the Galápagos known for its elaborate courtship dances and for being the only albatross species that breeds primarily in the tropics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| beakColor | grayish ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sula nebouxii ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 80 to 85 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | approximately 1 to 1.5 kilograms ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | mostly monogamous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | typically 1 to 3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | blue-footed booby ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| courtshipDisplay | high-stepping display of blue feet ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
squid ⓘ |
| family | Sulidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | plunge-diving ⓘ |
| flightAbility | strong flier ⓘ |
| footColorSignal | indicates health and fitness ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | dives from air into water to catch prey ⓘ |
| genus | Sula ⓘ |
| geographicRange |
from California to Peru
ⓘ
including Galápagos Islands ⓘ |
| habitat |
offshore islands
ⓘ
rocky coasts ⓘ tropical and subtropical oceans ⓘ |
| hasBehavior | elaborate courtship dance ⓘ |
| hasBodyPart | bright blue feet ⓘ |
| incubationMethod | uses feet to keep eggs warm ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | around 15 to 20 years ⓘ |
| nativeTo | eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| nestType | simple scrape on ground ⓘ |
| notablePopulation | Galápagos Islands ⓘ |
| order | Suliformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | both parents incubate eggs ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
brown upperparts
ⓘ
white underparts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nazca booby
ⓘ
Peruvian booby ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs on bare ground ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | females generally larger than males ⓘ |
| sexualSelectionTrait | brightness of blue feet ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | colonial nester ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 150 centimeters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: blue-footed booby Description of subject: The blue-footed booby is a marine bird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, famous for its bright blue feet and elaborate courtship dances.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.