Coragyps
E258616
Coragyps is a genus of New World vultures best known for the black vulture, a scavenging bird widely distributed across the Americas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coragyps atratus | 4 |
| Coragyps canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2314778 — 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: Coragyps Context triple: [Cathartidae, includesGenus, Coragyps]
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A.
Cathartes
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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B.
Buteo
Buteo is a genus of medium to large, broad-winged raptors commonly known as buzzards or hawks, widely distributed across much of the world.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Crested caracara
The Crested Caracara is a striking, long-legged raptor of the Americas known for its bold black-and-white plumage, prominent crest, and opportunistic scavenging 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: Coragyps Target entity description: Coragyps is a genus of New World vultures best known for the black vulture, a scavenging bird widely distributed across the Americas.
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A.
Cathartes
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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B.
Buteo
Buteo is a genus of medium to large, broad-winged raptors commonly known as buzzards or hawks, widely distributed across much of the world.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Crested caracara
The Crested Caracara is a striking, long-legged raptor of the Americas known for its bold black-and-white plumage, prominent crest, and opportunistic scavenging behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| beakType | hooked beak ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | black vulture genus ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Coragyps atratus
ⓘ
linked to:
Coragyps
|
| describedAs | genus of New World vultures ⓘ |
| diet | carrion ⓘ |
| distribution | Americas ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | scavenger ⓘ |
| family | Cathartidae ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
human-modified landscapes ⓘ open areas ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| hasFeatherColor | mostly black plumage ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | black vulture ⓘ |
| order | Cathartiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cathartidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Coragyps atratus
ⓘ
linked to:
Coragyps
|
| usesSense | vision for locating food ⓘ |
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: Coragyps Description of subject: Coragyps is a genus of New World vultures best known for the black vulture, a scavenging bird widely distributed across the Americas.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Coragyps