Ammospiza maritima
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Ammospiza maritima is a small North American sparrow species known as the seaside sparrow, typically found in coastal salt marsh habitats.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ammospiza | 2 |
| Ammodramus maritimus | 1 |
| Ammospiza maritima canonical | 1 |
| Ammospiza maritima mirabilis | 1 |
| Saltmarsh Sparrow | 1 |
| seaside sparrow | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1019711 — 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: Ammospiza maritima Context triple: [Cape Sable seaside sparrow, parentTaxon, Ammospiza maritima]
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A.
Gambel's quail
Gambel's quail is a small, ground-dwelling North American bird known for its distinctive forward-curving head plume and preference for arid desert habitats.
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B.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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C.
California quail
The California quail is a small, plump New World quail known for its distinctive forward-curving head plume and sociable covey behavior in shrubland and chaparral habitats.
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D.
Banded Quail
The Banded Quail (Philortyx fasciatus) is a small, ground-dwelling New World quail native to arid and semi-arid scrublands of western Mexico, recognized by its distinctive banded plumage and social covey behavior.
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E.
Camarhynchus
Camarhynchus is a genus of Galápagos finches, often called tree finches, known for their adaptive beak shapes that exemplify Darwinian evolution.
- 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: Ammospiza maritima Target entity description: Ammospiza maritima is a small North American sparrow species known as the seaside sparrow, typically found in coastal salt marsh habitats.
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A.
Gambel's quail
Gambel's quail is a small, ground-dwelling North American bird known for its distinctive forward-curving head plume and preference for arid desert habitats.
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B.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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C.
California quail
The California quail is a small, plump New World quail known for its distinctive forward-curving head plume and sociable covey behavior in shrubland and chaparral habitats.
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D.
Banded Quail
The Banded Quail (Philortyx fasciatus) is a small, ground-dwelling New World quail native to arid and semi-arid scrublands of western Mexico, recognized by its distinctive banded plumage and social covey behavior.
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E.
Camarhynchus
Camarhynchus is a genus of Galápagos finches, often called tree finches, known for their adaptive beak shapes that exemplify Darwinian evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avian species
ⓘ
bird species ⓘ chordate ⓘ sparrow ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 13–15 cm ⓘ |
| behavior |
often stays low in dense marsh vegetation
ⓘ
secretive ⓘ |
| billType | stout conical bill ⓘ |
| bodySize | small passerine ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat | salt marsh vegetation ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | primarily monogamous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 3–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
seaside sparrow
ⓘ
linked to:
Ammospiza maritima
|
| conservationConcern | vulnerable to salt marsh habitat degradation ⓘ |
| describedAs | seaside-adapted sparrow species ⓘ |
| diet |
arthropods
ⓘ
insects ⓘ seeds ⓘ small crustaceans ⓘ |
| eggColor | pale with darker spots ⓘ |
| family | Passerellidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
forages in marsh vegetation
ⓘ
ground forager ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Atlantic coast of the United States
ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ |
| genus |
Ammospiza
ⓘ
linked to:
Ammospiza maritima
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | partially migratory ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
ground
ⓘ
low marsh vegetation ⓘ |
| nestType | cup-shaped nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| overwintersIn | southern Atlantic and Gulf Coast marshes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColoration |
grayish-olive upperparts
ⓘ
streaked underparts ⓘ yellowish wash around the face ⓘ |
| songType | simple buzzy song ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
coastal development
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ sea-level rise ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
brackish marshes
ⓘ
coastal salt marshes ⓘ |
| vocalizationContext | sings from exposed perches in marshes ⓘ |
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: Ammospiza maritima Description of subject: Ammospiza maritima is a small North American sparrow species known as the seaside sparrow, typically found in coastal salt marsh habitats.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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