Australian brush-turkey
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The Australian brush-turkey is a large, ground-dwelling megapode bird native to eastern Australia, known for its distinctive mound-building nesting behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Australian brush-turkey canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10105711 — 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: Australian brush-turkey Context triple: [Alectura, includesCommonName, Australian brush-turkey]
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A.
Nicobar megapode
The Nicobar megapode is a rare, ground-dwelling mound-building bird endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation and sand.
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B.
Australian bustard
The Australian bustard is a large, ground-dwelling bird native to Australia’s open grasslands and savannas, known for its impressive size, cryptic plumage, and stately, upright posture.
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C.
Austral parakeet
The Austral parakeet is a hardy, green-and-red parrot native to southern South America and notable as one of the world’s southernmost parrot species.
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D.
Kookaburra
Kookaburra is a well-known Australian sports equipment brand, particularly famous for manufacturing high-quality cricket balls used in international competitions.
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E.
Calyptorhynchus banksii
Calyptorhynchus banksii is a large, mostly black Australian cockatoo species distinguished by its striking red tail panels and loud, rolling calls.
- 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: Australian brush-turkey Target entity description: The Australian brush-turkey is a large, ground-dwelling megapode bird native to eastern Australia, known for its distinctive mound-building nesting behavior.
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A.
Nicobar megapode
The Nicobar megapode is a rare, ground-dwelling mound-building bird endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation and sand.
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B.
Australian bustard
The Australian bustard is a large, ground-dwelling bird native to Australia’s open grasslands and savannas, known for its impressive size, cryptic plumage, and stately, upright posture.
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C.
Austral parakeet
The Austral parakeet is a hardy, green-and-red parrot native to southern South America and notable as one of the world’s southernmost parrot species.
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D.
Kookaburra
Kookaburra is a well-known Australian sports equipment brand, particularly famous for manufacturing high-quality cricket balls used in international competitions.
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E.
Calyptorhynchus banksii
Calyptorhynchus banksii is a large, mostly black Australian cockatoo species distinguished by its striking red tail panels and loud, rolling calls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
megapode ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| behavior |
ground-dwelling
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mound-building ⓘ |
| binomialName | Alectura lathami ⓘ |
| bodyMass | large for a megapode ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | polygynous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
Australian brush-turkey
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bush turkey ⓘ scrub turkey ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
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linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionTrend | expanding into urban areas ⓘ |
| eats |
fruits
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fungi ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ leaves ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| family | Megapodiidae ⓘ |
| femaleRole | lays eggs in mound ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | scratches leaf litter ⓘ |
| foundInCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| genus | Alectura ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry sclerophyll forest
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rainforest ⓘ suburban gardens ⓘ urban parks ⓘ wet sclerophyll forest ⓘ |
| headColor | bare red head ⓘ |
| incubationMethod | heat from decomposing vegetation ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maleRole |
builds nesting mound
ⓘ
regulates mound temperature ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New South Wales
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Queensland ⓘ eastern Australia ⓘ eastern Victoria ⓘ |
| nestType | compost mound ⓘ |
| offspringType | precocial chicks ⓘ |
| order | Galliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor | mostly black ⓘ |
| relativeSize | similar in size to a large domestic chicken ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg incubation in mounds ⓘ |
| tailShape | broad and fan-shaped ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| wattleColor | yellow ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Australian brush-turkey Description of subject: The Australian brush-turkey is a large, ground-dwelling megapode bird native to eastern Australia, known for its distinctive mound-building nesting behavior.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.