Turdus
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Turdus is a large genus of thrushes that includes many familiar songbirds such as robins and blackbirds found across much of the world.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turdus canonical | 2 |
| Turdus eunomus | 1 |
| Turdus fumigatus | 1 |
| Turdus lawrencii | 1 |
| Turdus migratorius | 1 |
| Turdus naumanni | 1 |
| Turdus obscurus | 1 |
| Turdus philomelos | 1 |
| Turdus pilaris | 1 |
| Turdus plumbeus | 1 |
| Turdus ruficollis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1566591 — 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: Turdus Context triple: [American robin, genus, Turdus]
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A.
Turdidae
Turdidae is a large family of passerine birds commonly known as thrushes, which includes species such as robins, bluebirds, and nightingales.
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B.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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C.
Thraupidae
Thraupidae is a large family of New World songbirds known as tanagers, which includes many colorful species and the famous Darwin’s finches of the Galápagos Islands.
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D.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
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E.
Fringillidae
Fringillidae is a large family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as true finches, found worldwide and noted for their stout conical bills adapted for seed eating.
- 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: Turdus Target entity description: Turdus is a large genus of thrushes that includes many familiar songbirds such as robins and blackbirds found across much of the world.
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A.
Turdidae
Turdidae is a large family of passerine birds commonly known as thrushes, which includes species such as robins, bluebirds, and nightingales.
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B.
Sturnus
Sturnus is a genus of passerine birds in the starling family, historically including the European starling and several closely related species found across Eurasia and surrounding regions.
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C.
Thraupidae
Thraupidae is a large family of New World songbirds known as tanagers, which includes many colorful species and the famous Darwin’s finches of the Galápagos Islands.
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D.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
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E.
Fringillidae
Fringillidae is a large family of small to medium-sized passerine birds commonly known as true finches, found worldwide and noted for their stout conical bills adapted for seed eating.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus of birds ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | thrushes ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
berries
ⓘ
earthworms ⓘ fruits ⓘ insects ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ islands of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
seed disperser ⓘ |
| eggColor | often blue or speckled ⓘ |
| family | Turdidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
gardens
ⓘ
parks ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| includes |
Turdus albicollis
ⓘ
Turdus amaurochalinus ⓘ Turdus assimilis ⓘ Turdus cardis ⓘ Turdus chrysolaus ⓘ Turdus eunomus ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus fumigatus ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus fuscater ⓘ Turdus grayi ⓘ Turdus hauxwelli ⓘ Turdus ignobilis ⓘ Turdus iliacus ⓘ Turdus infuscatus ⓘ Turdus jamaicensis ⓘ Turdus lawrencii ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus leucomelas ⓘ Turdus lherminieri ⓘ Turdus maculirostris ⓘ Turdus merula ⓘ Turdus migratorius ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus naumanni ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus nigriceps ⓘ Turdus nudigenis ⓘ Turdus obscurus ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus olivater ⓘ Turdus pallidus ⓘ Turdus philomelos ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus pilaris ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus plebejus ⓘ Turdus plumbeus ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus plumbeus rubripes ⓘ Turdus reevei ⓘ Turdus ruficollis ⓘ
linked to:
Turdus
Turdus rufitorques ⓘ Turdus rufiventris ⓘ Turdus serranus ⓘ Turdus subalaris ⓘ Turdus swalesi ⓘ Turdus torquatus ⓘ Turdus viscivorus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | many species are migratory ⓘ |
| notableMemberCommonName |
American robin
ⓘ
linked to:
American robin (Turdus migratorius)
Eurasian blackbird ⓘ common blackbird ⓘ mistle thrush ⓘ song thrush ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Turdidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | builds cup-shaped nests ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Turdus merula ⓘ |
| vocalization | songbird ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Turdus Description of subject: Turdus is a large genus of thrushes that includes many familiar songbirds such as robins and blackbirds found across much of the world.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
American robin (Turdus migratorius)