Piranga olivacea
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Piranga olivacea, commonly known as the scarlet tanager, is a striking North American songbird famed for the breeding male’s brilliant red plumage and contrasting black wings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piranga olivacea canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908497 — 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: Piranga olivacea Context triple: [Thraupidae, includes, Piranga olivacea]
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A.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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C.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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D.
Haemorhous cassinii
Haemorhous cassinii, commonly known as Cassin's finch, is a small North American songbird characterized by its rosy-red plumage in males and its preference for coniferous forest habitats in western mountainous regions.
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E.
Sumba green pigeon
The Sumba green pigeon is a fruit-eating pigeon species in the family Columbidae that is native to and found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba.
- 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: Piranga olivacea Target entity description: Piranga olivacea, commonly known as the scarlet tanager, is a striking North American songbird famed for the breeding male’s brilliant red plumage and contrasting black wings.
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A.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
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C.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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D.
Haemorhous cassinii
Haemorhous cassinii, commonly known as Cassin's finch, is a small North American songbird characterized by its rosy-red plumage in males and its preference for coniferous forest habitats in western mountainous regions.
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E.
Sumba green pigeon
The Sumba green pigeon is a fruit-eating pigeon species in the family Columbidae that is native to and found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
songbird ⓘ tanagers ⓘ |
| authority | (Gmelin, 1789) ⓘ |
| billType | stout pointed bill ⓘ |
| binomialName | Piranga olivacea ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
central North America
ⓘ
eastern North America ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | socially monogamous ⓘ |
| callNote | sharp chip-burr call ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 3–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | scarlet tanager ⓘ |
| conservationMeasures | forest habitat protection ⓘ |
| diet |
berries
ⓘ
fruit ⓘ insects ⓘ other arthropods ⓘ |
| distributionContinent |
North America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| eggColor | pale blue or greenish with dark spots ⓘ |
| family | Cardinalidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
gleans insects from foliage
ⓘ
hawking for flying insects ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | forest canopy ⓘ |
| genus | Piranga ⓘ |
| habitat |
deciduous forest
ⓘ
forest interior ⓘ mixed forest ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| iucnStatusSystem |
IUCN3.1
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | long-distance migrant ⓘ |
| nativeRange | North America ⓘ |
| nestLocation | horizontal tree branch ⓘ |
| nestType | cup nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageBreedingMale | brilliant red body with black wings and tail ⓘ |
| plumageFemale | yellowish-olive above and yellowish below ⓘ |
| plumageNonbreedingMale | yellowish-olive with darker wings ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | strong ⓘ |
| songType | burry robin-like song ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
collisions with man-made structures
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forest fragmentation ⓘ habitat loss on breeding grounds ⓘ habitat loss on wintering grounds ⓘ |
| winteringRange |
Andean foothills
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northwestern South America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Piranga olivacea Description of subject: Piranga olivacea, commonly known as the scarlet tanager, is a striking North American songbird famed for the breeding male’s brilliant red plumage and contrasting black wings.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.