Ciconiidae
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Ciconiidae is a family of large, long-legged wading birds commonly known as storks, found in many regions worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ciconiidae canonical | 18 |
| Family Ciconiidae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584386 — 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: Ciconiidae Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Ciconiidae]
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A.
Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes is an order of birds that traditionally includes storks and their close relatives, characterized by long legs, long bills, and wading or aquatic lifestyles.
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B.
Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes ibises and spoonbills, known for their distinctive down-curved or spatulate bills and wetland habitats worldwide.
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C.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
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D.
Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes is an order of brightly colored, often large-headed birds that includes kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters, many of which are specialized for catching prey with strong, pointed bills.
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E.
Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopteridae is the biological family of large, long-legged wading birds commonly known as flamingos, characterized by their pink plumage, specialized filter-feeding bills, and gregarious behavior.
- 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: Ciconiidae Target entity description: Ciconiidae is a family of large, long-legged wading birds commonly known as storks, found in many regions worldwide.
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A.
Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes is an order of birds that traditionally includes storks and their close relatives, characterized by long legs, long bills, and wading or aquatic lifestyles.
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B.
Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes ibises and spoonbills, known for their distinctive down-curved or spatulate bills and wetland habitats worldwide.
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C.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
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D.
Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes is an order of brightly colored, often large-headed birds that includes kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters, many of which are specialized for catching prey with strong, pointed bills.
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E.
Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopteridae is the biological family of large, long-legged wading birds commonly known as flamingos, characterized by their pink plumage, specialized filter-feeding bills, and gregarious behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
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clade ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | storks ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | varies by species ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
ⓘ
fish ⓘ insects ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
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Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| habitat |
floodplains
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lakeshores ⓘ marshes ⓘ riverbanks ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bill-clattering displays
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broad wings ⓘ large body size ⓘ long legs ⓘ long neck ⓘ long straight bill ⓘ migratory behavior in many species ⓘ mostly silent vocalizations ⓘ soaring flight ⓘ wading behavior ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Anastomus oscitans
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Ciconia ciconia ⓘ
linked to:
White stork
Jabiru mycteria ⓘ Leptoptilos crumenifer ⓘ
linked to:
Leptoptilos
Mycteria americana ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
jabiru
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marabou stork ⓘ
linked to:
Marabou stork
white stork ⓘ
linked to:
White stork
wood stork ⓘ |
| order | Ciconiiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
builds large stick nests
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often nests in trees ⓘ often nests on buildings ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often colonial nester ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Ciconiidae Description of subject: Ciconiidae is a family of large, long-legged wading birds commonly known as storks, found in many regions worldwide.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.