Neornithes
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Neornithes is the clade of modern birds that includes all living bird species and their most recent common ancestor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neornithes canonical | 51 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584486 — 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: Neornithes Context triple: [Aves, hasSubgroup, Neornithes]
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A.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
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B.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
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C.
Afroaves
Afroaves is a major clade of birds that includes diverse groups such as raptors, woodpeckers, hornbills, kingfishers, and many others thought to share a common evolutionary origin.
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D.
Piciformes
Piciformes is an order of birds that includes woodpeckers, toucans, and related species known for their specialized beaks and tree-dwelling habits.
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E.
Psittaciformes
Psittaciformes is the order of birds that includes parrots, parakeets, macaws, cockatoos, and related species known for their strong curved beaks and often vivid plumage.
- 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: Neornithes Target entity description: Neornithes is the clade of modern birds that includes all living bird species and their most recent common ancestor.
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A.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
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B.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
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C.
Afroaves
Afroaves is a major clade of birds that includes diverse groups such as raptors, woodpeckers, hornbills, kingfishers, and many others thought to share a common evolutionary origin.
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D.
Piciformes
Piciformes is an order of birds that includes woodpeckers, toucans, and related species known for their specialized beaks and tree-dwelling habits.
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E.
Psittaciformes
Psittaciformes is the order of birds that includes parrots, parakeets, macaws, cockatoos, and related species known for their strong curved beaks and often vivid plumage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
group of birds ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| containsCrownGroup | all extant birds ⓘ |
| definedAs | clade including all living birds and their most recent common ancestor ⓘ |
| estimatedSpeciesCount | over 10000 species ⓘ |
| evolvedFrom | earlier avialan theropods ⓘ |
| excludes |
non-avian dinosaurs
ⓘ
non-neornithine birds ⓘ |
| fossilRange | Late Cretaceous to Recent ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
beaks without teeth in living forms
ⓘ
endothermy ⓘ feathers ⓘ hard-shelled eggs ⓘ highly modified forelimbs as wings in most species ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | modern birds ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
freshwater ecosystems worldwide
ⓘ
marine ecosystems worldwide ⓘ terrestrial ecosystems worldwide ⓘ |
| hasLivingRepresentatives | true ⓘ |
| hasLocomotionMode |
flightlessness in some lineages
ⓘ
powered flight in most species ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Neognathae
ⓘ
Palaeognathae ⓘ |
| hasSensoryAdaptation |
vocal communication
ⓘ
well-developed vision ⓘ |
| hasSubclade |
Neognathae
ⓘ
Palaeognathae ⓘ |
| hasSynapomorphy |
furcula (wishbone)
ⓘ
keeled sternum in most species ⓘ reduced tail with pygostyle ⓘ |
| includes |
all extant bird species
ⓘ
all living birds ⓘ |
| isCrownGroupOf | Aves ⓘ |
| isExtant | true ⓘ |
| isMonophyletic | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Dinosauria in a phylogenetic sense
ⓘ
Theropoda in a phylogenetic sense ⓘ
linked to:
Theropoda
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | oviparous ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline | ornithology ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Aves ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | Late Cretaceous ⓘ |
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: Neornithes Description of subject: Neornithes is the clade of modern birds that includes all living bird species and their most recent common ancestor.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.