Cathartes
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Cathartes is a genus of New World vultures known for their carrion-feeding habits and keen sense of smell, which includes species such as the turkey vulture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cathartes canonical | 8 |
| Cathartes aura | 4 |
| Cathartes burrovianus | 1 |
| Cathartes melambrotus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2314777 — 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: Cathartes Context triple: [Cathartidae, includesGenus, Cathartes]
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A.
Cathartidae
Cathartidae is the family of New World vultures, including condors and related scavenging birds of prey found throughout the Americas.
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B.
Sarcogyps calvus
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
- 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: Cathartes Target entity description: Cathartes is a genus of New World vultures known for their carrion-feeding habits and keen sense of smell, which includes species such as the turkey vulture.
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A.
Cathartidae
Cathartidae is the family of New World vultures, including condors and related scavenging birds of prey found throughout the Americas.
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B.
Sarcogyps calvus
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Ardeidae
Ardeidae is a family of long-legged wading birds that includes herons, egrets, and bitterns, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
New World vultures
ⓘ
greater yellow-headed vulture ⓘ lesser yellow-headed vulture ⓘ turkey vulture ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | most species least concern ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Johann Illiger
ⓘ
linked to:
Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
|
| describedInYear | 1811 ⓘ |
| diet | carrion ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Old World vultures by taxonomic placement ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | scavenger that helps recycle nutrients ⓘ |
| family | Cathartidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | scavenger ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring ⓘ |
| genus |
Cathartes
ⓘ
Cathartes ⓘ Cathartes ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
open areas ⓘ savannas ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature |
bald head adapted for scavenging
ⓘ
large wings adapted for soaring ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cathartes aura
ⓘ
linked to:
Cathartes
Cathartes burrovianus ⓘ
linked to:
Cathartes
Cathartes melambrotus ⓘ
linked to:
Cathartes
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| notableAbility | keen sense of smell ⓘ |
| order | Cathartiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cathartidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs on bare ground or simple nest sites ⓘ |
| respiratoryAdaptation | efficient soaring with minimal energy expenditure ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| usesSense | olfaction to locate carrion ⓘ |
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: Cathartes Description of subject: Cathartes is a genus of New World vultures known for their carrion-feeding habits and keen sense of smell, which includes species such as the turkey vulture.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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