Bonin petrel
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The Bonin petrel is a small, nocturnal seabird of the Pacific Ocean known for nesting in burrows on remote islands and feeding far offshore on squid and small fish.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bonin petrel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9161882 — 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: Bonin petrel Context triple: [Laysan Island, breedingSiteFor, Bonin petrel]
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Bulwer's petrel
Bulwer's petrel is a small, dark-plumaged oceanic seabird of tropical and subtropical waters, known for its graceful gliding flight and nocturnal nesting habits on remote islands.
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Gould’s petrel
Gould’s petrel is a small, endangered seabird species of the gadfly petrel group, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and restricted breeding colonies off eastern Australia.
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C.
Cory's shearwater
Cory's shearwater is a large pelagic seabird of the Procellariidae family, known for its long-distance oceanic migrations and nesting on remote Atlantic islands.
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Atlantic petrel
The Atlantic petrel is a medium-sized, nocturnal seabird of the Southern Ocean known for its long-distance oceanic flights and highly restricted breeding range centered on remote islands like Gough Island.
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E.
Juan Fernández petrel
The Juan Fernández petrel is a seabird species of the Procellariidae family, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and breeding colonies on the remote Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
- 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: Bonin petrel Target entity description: The Bonin petrel is a small, nocturnal seabird of the Pacific Ocean known for nesting in burrows on remote islands and feeding far offshore on squid and small fish.
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A.
Bulwer's petrel
Bulwer's petrel is a small, dark-plumaged oceanic seabird of tropical and subtropical waters, known for its graceful gliding flight and nocturnal nesting habits on remote islands.
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B.
Gould’s petrel
Gould’s petrel is a small, endangered seabird species of the gadfly petrel group, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and restricted breeding colonies off eastern Australia.
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C.
Cory's shearwater
Cory's shearwater is a large pelagic seabird of the Procellariidae family, known for its long-distance oceanic migrations and nesting on remote Atlantic islands.
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D.
Atlantic petrel
The Atlantic petrel is a medium-sized, nocturnal seabird of the Southern Ocean known for its long-distance oceanic flights and highly restricted breeding range centered on remote islands like Gough Island.
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E.
Juan Fernández petrel
The Juan Fernández petrel is a seabird species of the Procellariidae family, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and breeding colonies on the remote Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal
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bird ⓘ petrel ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| behavior | colonial nester ⓘ |
| billColor | black ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 30 cm ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
Bonin Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marianas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogasawara Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Volcano Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | winter ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 1 egg ⓘ |
| commonName | Bonin petrel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Coenraad Jacob Temminck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1836 ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distributionHemisphere | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Procellariidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | feeds far offshore ⓘ |
| genus | Pterodroma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
pelagic waters
ⓘ
remote oceanic islands ⓘ |
| incubation | shared by both parents ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | pale bluish ⓘ |
| migration | migratory ⓘ |
| nestingSite | burrows ⓘ |
| nonBreedingRange | North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| order | Procellariiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
dark gray-brown upperparts
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white underparts ⓘ |
| scientificName | Pterodroma hypoleuca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat degradation
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introduced cats ⓘ introduced rats ⓘ |
| vocalization | nocturnal calls at colonies ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 67 cm ⓘ |
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