Tyrannus forficatus
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Tyrannus forficatus is a striking North American passerine bird known for its extremely long, forked tail and acrobatic insect-hawking flight.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tyrannus forficatus canonical | 5 |
| Tyrannus savana | 1 |
| Tyrannus tyrannus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2579486 — 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: Tyrannus forficatus Context triple: [Scissor-tailed flycatcher, binomialName, Tyrannus forficatus]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Coragyps
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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D.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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E.
Gymnogyps
Gymnogyps is a genus of large New World vultures best known for including the critically endangered California condor.
- 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: Tyrannus forficatus Target entity description: Tyrannus forficatus is a striking North American passerine bird known for its extremely long, forked tail and acrobatic insect-hawking flight.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Coragyps
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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D.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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E.
Gymnogyps
Gymnogyps is a genus of large New World vultures best known for including the critically endangered California condor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
passerine ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| aggressiveness | defends nest aggressively ⓘ |
| binomialName | Tyrannus forficatus ⓘ |
| breedsIn |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas ⓘ south-central United States ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 3–6 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
scissor-tailed flycatcher
ⓘ
linked to:
Scissor-tailed flycatcher
|
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN ⓘ |
| describedBy | Johann Friedrich Gmelin ⓘ |
| diet | insects ⓘ |
| family | Tyrannidae ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
aerial hawking
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perch-and-sally feeding ⓘ |
| genus | Tyrannus ⓘ |
| habitat |
fence lines and roadside wires
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ open country ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
acrobatic flight
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insect-hawking feeding behavior ⓘ very long forked tail ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratesTo |
Central America
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | long-distance migrant ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| nestLocation | tree branches ⓘ |
| nestType | open cup nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
black and white tail
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pale gray upperparts ⓘ salmon-pink flanks ⓘ white head and underparts ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males have longer tails than females ⓘ |
| songType | harsh chattering calls ⓘ |
| species | Tyrannus forficatus ⓘ |
| symbolOf | state bird of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| tailShape | deeply forked ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1789 ⓘ |
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: Tyrannus forficatus Description of subject: Tyrannus forficatus is a striking North American passerine bird known for its extremely long, forked tail and acrobatic insect-hawking flight.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tyrannus forficatus
linked to: Tyrannus forficatus