Sarcogyps calvus
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Sarcogyps calvus, commonly known as the red-headed vulture or Asian king vulture, is a large, critically endangered scavenging bird native to the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarcogyps calvus canonical | 2 |
| Sarcogyps | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2183695 — 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: Sarcogyps calvus Context triple: [Old World vultures, includes, Sarcogyps calvus]
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A.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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B.
Aquila rapax
Aquila rapax, commonly known as the tawny eagle, is a large bird of prey found across Africa and parts of Asia, recognized for its broad wings, powerful build, and scavenging as well as hunting habits.
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C.
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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D.
Aegypius monachus
Aegypius monachus, commonly known as the cinereous or Eurasian black vulture, is one of the largest and heaviest birds of prey, found across parts of Europe and Asia where it scavenges on carrion.
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E.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
- 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: Sarcogyps calvus Target entity description: Sarcogyps calvus, commonly known as the red-headed vulture or Asian king vulture, is a large, critically endangered scavenging bird native to the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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B.
Aquila rapax
Aquila rapax, commonly known as the tawny eagle, is a large bird of prey found across Africa and parts of Asia, recognized for its broad wings, powerful build, and scavenging as well as hunting habits.
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C.
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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D.
Aegypius monachus
Aegypius monachus, commonly known as the cinereous or Eurasian black vulture, is one of the largest and heaviest birds of prey, found across parts of Europe and Asia where it scavenges on carrion.
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E.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ vulture ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| beakType | strong hooked bill ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sarcogyps calvus ⓘ |
| bodySize | large ⓘ |
| breedingSite |
cliffs
ⓘ
tall trees ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | one egg ⓘ |
| commonName |
Asian king vulture
ⓘ
red-headed vulture ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Critically Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| currentRange | fragmented populations ⓘ |
| diet | carrion ⓘ |
| distributionTrend | declining ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | carrion removal ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | scavenging ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring ⓘ |
| genus |
Sarcogyps
ⓘ
linked to:
Sarcogyps calvus
|
| habitat |
cultivated areas
ⓘ
open country ⓘ semi-desert regions ⓘ wooded hills ⓘ |
| hasBareHead | true ⓘ |
| headColor | red ⓘ |
| historicalRange | much of South Asia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nest ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryThreat |
food scarcity
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ poisoning from veterinary drugs ⓘ |
| rangeTrend | severely contracted ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
often seen solitary
ⓘ
sometimes in pairs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: Sarcogyps calvus Description of subject: Sarcogyps calvus, commonly known as the red-headed vulture or Asian king vulture, is a large, critically endangered scavenging bird native to the Indian subcontinent.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sarcogyps calvus