white-rumped vulture
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The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is a critically endangered South Asian vulture species once abundant across the Indian subcontinent but now severely reduced due largely to poisoning from veterinary drugs like diclofenac.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| white-rumped griffon | 1 |
| white-rumped vulture canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10522527 — 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: white-rumped vulture Context triple: [Gyps bengalensis, commonName, white-rumped vulture]
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A.
lappet-faced vulture
The lappet-faced vulture is a large, powerful Old World vulture of African and Arabian dry regions, recognized by its bare, wrinkled head and neck folds and its role as a dominant scavenger at carcasses.
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B.
Rüppell's vulture
Rüppell's vulture is a large African vulture species renowned for its record-breaking high-altitude flight and its role as a scavenger in savanna and Sahel ecosystems.
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C.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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D.
Himalayan griffon vulture
The Himalayan griffon vulture is a large Old World vulture native to the high mountains of Central and South Asia, where it soars over alpine and subalpine habitats scavenging on carrion.
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E.
Egyptian vulture
The Egyptian vulture is a small, white-and-black Old World vulture known for its distinctive yellow face and rare use of tools, such as stones to break open eggs.
- 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: white-rumped vulture Target entity description: The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is a critically endangered South Asian vulture species once abundant across the Indian subcontinent but now severely reduced due largely to poisoning from veterinary drugs like diclofenac.
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A.
lappet-faced vulture
The lappet-faced vulture is a large, powerful Old World vulture of African and Arabian dry regions, recognized by its bare, wrinkled head and neck folds and its role as a dominant scavenger at carcasses.
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B.
Rüppell's vulture
Rüppell's vulture is a large African vulture species renowned for its record-breaking high-altitude flight and its role as a scavenger in savanna and Sahel ecosystems.
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C.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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D.
Himalayan griffon vulture
The Himalayan griffon vulture is a large Old World vulture native to the high mountains of Central and South Asia, where it soars over alpine and subalpine habitats scavenging on carrion.
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E.
Egyptian vulture
The Egyptian vulture is a small, white-and-black Old World vulture known for its distinctive yellow face and rare use of tools, such as stones to break open eggs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
vulture ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| associatedWith | vulture crisis in South Asia ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat | tall trees near human settlements ⓘ |
| causeOfDecline |
poisoning from NSAID veterinary drugs
ⓘ
use of diclofenac in livestock ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | usually one egg ⓘ |
| commonName |
white-backed vulture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
white-rumped vulture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationAction |
ban on veterinary diclofenac in several range countries
ⓘ
captive breeding programs ⓘ vulture safe zones ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | carrion ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | soaring in flocks ⓘ |
| genus | Gyps ⓘ |
| historicallyAbundantIn |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRange | South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IUCNRedListCategory | CR ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Critically Endangered ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
bare head and neck
ⓘ
broad wings ⓘ white rump ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nest in trees ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationTrend | decreasing ⓘ |
| primaryThreat |
diclofenac poisoning
ⓘ
veterinary drug contamination ⓘ |
| reproduction | monogamous breeding pairs ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem | removal of animal carcasses ⓘ |
| scientificName | Gyps bengalensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | scavenger ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
open countryside
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villages and towns ⓘ |
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
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: white-rumped vulture Description of subject: The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is a critically endangered South Asian vulture species once abundant across the Indian subcontinent but now severely reduced due largely to poisoning from veterinary drugs like diclofenac.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
white-rumped griffon