sooty shearwater
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The sooty shearwater is a migratory seabird known for its long-distance transoceanic flights and dense nesting colonies on islands in the Southern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| sooty shearwater canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17002553 — 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: sooty shearwater Context triple: [Moutohorā Island, hasFauna, sooty shearwater]
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A.
manx shearwater
The Manx shearwater is a long-lived, nocturnal seabird known for its slender black-and-white body, rapid wingbeats, and extensive transoceanic migrations between North Atlantic breeding islands and South American waters.
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B.
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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C.
wedge-tailed shearwater
The wedge-tailed shearwater is a medium-sized, long-winged seabird of tropical and subtropical oceans, known for its nocturnal colony habits and distinctive wailing calls.
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D.
great shearwater
The great shearwater is a large, long-winged seabird of the Procellariidae family that undertakes extensive transatlantic migrations between its South Atlantic breeding islands and feeding grounds in the North Atlantic.
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E.
Bonin petrel
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.
- 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: sooty shearwater Target entity description: The sooty shearwater is a migratory seabird known for its long-distance transoceanic flights and dense nesting colonies on islands in the Southern Hemisphere.
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A.
manx shearwater
The Manx shearwater is a long-lived, nocturnal seabird known for its slender black-and-white body, rapid wingbeats, and extensive transoceanic migrations between North Atlantic breeding islands and South American waters.
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B.
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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C.
wedge-tailed shearwater
The wedge-tailed shearwater is a medium-sized, long-winged seabird of tropical and subtropical oceans, known for its nocturnal colony habits and distinctive wailing calls.
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D.
great shearwater
The great shearwater is a large, long-winged seabird of the Procellariidae family that undertakes extensive transatlantic migrations between its South Atlantic breeding islands and feeding grounds in the North Atlantic.
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E.
Bonin petrel
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.