Oriental white-eye
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The Oriental white-eye is a small, gregarious passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia, easily recognized by the conspicuous white ring around its eye and its active foraging in flocks in gardens, forests, and scrub.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese white-eye | 1 |
| Oriental white-eye canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22497145 — 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: Oriental white-eye Context triple: [Sri Lanka white-eye, relatedTo, Oriental white-eye]
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Bonin white-eye
The Bonin white-eye is a small, endangered songbird endemic to Japan’s Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, known for its distinctive white eye-ring and importance to the islands’ forest ecosystems.
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Sri Lanka white-eye
The Sri Lanka white-eye is a small, greenish-yellow songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae), found only in Sri Lanka’s highland forests and known for its conspicuous white eye-ring and social flocking behavior.
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Seram white-eye
The Seram white-eye is a small, insectivorous songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae) that is native to forest habitats on the Indonesian island of Seram.
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Buru white-eye
The Buru white-eye is a small, insectivorous songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae) that is native to forest habitats on the Indonesian island of Buru.
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E.
Temminck’s sunbird
Temminck’s sunbird is a small, brightly colored nectar-feeding bird of Southeast Asian forests, known for the male’s iridescent plumage and association with flowering plants.
- 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: Oriental white-eye Target entity description: The Oriental white-eye is a small, gregarious passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia, easily recognized by the conspicuous white ring around its eye and its active foraging in flocks in gardens, forests, and scrub.
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A.
Bonin white-eye
The Bonin white-eye is a small, endangered songbird endemic to Japan’s Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, known for its distinctive white eye-ring and importance to the islands’ forest ecosystems.
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B.
Sri Lanka white-eye
The Sri Lanka white-eye is a small, greenish-yellow songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae), found only in Sri Lanka’s highland forests and known for its conspicuous white eye-ring and social flocking behavior.
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C.
Seram white-eye
The Seram white-eye is a small, insectivorous songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae) that is native to forest habitats on the Indonesian island of Seram.
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D.
Buru white-eye
The Buru white-eye is a small, insectivorous songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae) that is native to forest habitats on the Indonesian island of Buru.
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E.
Temminck’s sunbird
Temminck’s sunbird is a small, brightly colored nectar-feeding bird of Southeast Asian forests, known for the male’s iridescent plumage and association with flowering plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oriental white-eye