Buteo lagopus
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Buteo lagopus, commonly known as the rough-legged buzzard or rough-legged hawk, is a medium-large Arctic-breeding raptor that winters in open habitats across the Northern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buteo lagopus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9486623 — 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: Buteo lagopus Context triple: [Buteo, includesSpecies, Buteo lagopus]
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A.
Branta leucopsis
Branta leucopsis, commonly known as the barnacle goose, is a medium-sized Arctic-breeding goose species recognized by its black neck, white face, and strong migratory behavior.
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B.
Gyrfalcon
The Gyrfalcon is the largest and one of the most powerful falcon species, native to Arctic and subarctic regions and renowned for its hunting prowess and significance in falconry.
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C.
Ardeotis
Ardeotis is a genus of large terrestrial birds in the bustard family, found in open grassland and semi-arid habitats across parts of Africa and Asia.
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D.
Branta hutchinsii
Branta hutchinsii, commonly known as the cackling goose, is a small North American goose species closely resembling the Canada goose but distinguished by its smaller size and higher-pitched calls.
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E.
Branta ruficollis
Branta ruficollis, commonly known as the red-breasted goose, is a strikingly colored, small Arctic-breeding goose species native to Siberia and wintering mainly around the Black Sea.
- 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: Buteo lagopus Target entity description: Buteo lagopus, commonly known as the rough-legged buzzard or rough-legged hawk, is a medium-large Arctic-breeding raptor that winters in open habitats across the Northern Hemisphere.
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A.
Branta leucopsis
Branta leucopsis, commonly known as the barnacle goose, is a medium-sized Arctic-breeding goose species recognized by its black neck, white face, and strong migratory behavior.
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B.
Gyrfalcon
The Gyrfalcon is the largest and one of the most powerful falcon species, native to Arctic and subarctic regions and renowned for its hunting prowess and significance in falconry.
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C.
Ardeotis
Ardeotis is a genus of large terrestrial birds in the bustard family, found in open grassland and semi-arid habitats across parts of Africa and Asia.
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D.
Branta hutchinsii
Branta hutchinsii, commonly known as the cackling goose, is a small North American goose species closely resembling the Canada goose but distinguished by its smaller size and higher-pitched calls.
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E.
Branta ruficollis
Branta ruficollis, commonly known as the red-breasted goose, is a strikingly colored, small Arctic-breeding goose species native to Siberia and wintering mainly around the Black Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
buzzard
ⓘ
hawk ⓘ raptor ⓘ species of bird ⓘ |
| binomialName | Buteo lagopus ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-large ⓘ |
| breedingContinent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
Arctic
ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic region
subarctic regions ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | typically 3–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
rough-legged buzzard
ⓘ
rough-legged hawk ⓘ
linked to:
rough-legged buzzard
|
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
carrion
ⓘ
lemmings ⓘ small birds ⓘ small mammals ⓘ voles ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| habitat |
farmland
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ marshes ⓘ open country ⓘ tundra ⓘ |
| huntingStrategy |
hovering over open ground
ⓘ
perching and scanning ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legFeathering | feathered to the toes ⓘ |
| migration | migratory ⓘ |
| nestSite |
cliffs
ⓘ
ground in tundra ⓘ rocky outcrops ⓘ |
| nonBreedingRange |
temperate Asia
ⓘ
temperate Europe ⓘ temperate North America ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Buteo ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage |
dark morph
ⓘ
light morph ⓘ variable ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | females larger than males ⓘ |
| tailPattern | broad white tail with dark terminal band in most birds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 120–150 cm ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Buteo lagopus Description of subject: Buteo lagopus, commonly known as the rough-legged buzzard or rough-legged hawk, is a medium-large Arctic-breeding raptor that winters in open habitats across the Northern Hemisphere.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.