Collared Towhee
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The Collared Towhee is a species of New World sparrow in the genus Pipilo, known for its distinctive dark head and chest band contrasting with a lighter body and its preference for brushy, montane habitats in Mexico and Central America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Collared Towhee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20696165 — 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: Collared Towhee Context triple: [Pipilo, notableSpeciesCommonName, Collared Towhee]
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A.
Spotted Towhee
The Spotted Towhee is a striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its loud, scratchy song often heard in shrubby habitats.
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B.
Green-tailed Towhee
The Green-tailed Towhee is a small, ground-foraging New World sparrow known for its olive-green tail, rufous crown, and preference for shrubby habitats in the western United States and Mexico.
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C.
Eastern Towhee
The Eastern Towhee is a large, striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its distinctive “drink-your-tea” song.
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D.
Cassin’s Sparrow
Cassin’s Sparrow is a small, streaky brown songbird of arid grasslands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its skylarking display flights and subtle plumage.
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E.
Spizella breweri
Spizella breweri, commonly known as Brewer's sparrow, is a small, gray-brown New World sparrow native to western North America, noted for its subtle plumage and complex, trilling song.
- 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: Collared Towhee Target entity description: The Collared Towhee is a species of New World sparrow in the genus Pipilo, known for its distinctive dark head and chest band contrasting with a lighter body and its preference for brushy, montane habitats in Mexico and Central America.
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A.
Spotted Towhee
The Spotted Towhee is a striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its loud, scratchy song often heard in shrubby habitats.
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B.
Green-tailed Towhee
The Green-tailed Towhee is a small, ground-foraging New World sparrow known for its olive-green tail, rufous crown, and preference for shrubby habitats in the western United States and Mexico.
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C.
Eastern Towhee
The Eastern Towhee is a large, striking North American sparrow known for its bold black, white, and rufous plumage and its distinctive “drink-your-tea” song.
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D.
Cassin’s Sparrow
Cassin’s Sparrow is a small, streaky brown songbird of arid grasslands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its skylarking display flights and subtle plumage.
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E.
Spizella breweri
Spizella breweri, commonly known as Brewer's sparrow, is a small, gray-brown New World sparrow native to western North America, noted for its subtle plumage and complex, trilling song.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.