eBird
E35372
biodiversity database
bird observation platform
citizen science project
mobile app
online database
website
eBird is a global, citizen-science bird observation platform and database that allows birdwatchers to record, share, and explore bird sightings worldwide.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| eBird canonical | 5 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology bird databases | 1 |
| eBird Basic Dataset | 1 |
| eBird Hotspots | 1 |
| eBird Mobile | 1 |
| eBird Status and Trends | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T272792 — 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: eBird Context triple: [Cornell Lab of Ornithology, operatesWebsite, eBird]
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A.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world-renowned research, conservation, and education institution focused on the study of birds and biodiversity.
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B.
Bird
Bird is a common English surname shared by various notable individuals, including the legendary American basketball player Larry Bird.
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C.
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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D.
Mountain bluebird
The Mountain bluebird is a small, bright sky-blue thrush native to western North America, often found in open habitats such as meadows and prairies.
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E.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
- 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: eBird Target entity description: eBird is a global, citizen-science bird observation platform and database that allows birdwatchers to record, share, and explore bird sightings worldwide.
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A.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world-renowned research, conservation, and education institution focused on the study of birds and biodiversity.
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B.
Bird
Bird is a common English surname shared by various notable individuals, including the legendary American basketball player Larry Bird.
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C.
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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D.
Mountain bluebird
The Mountain bluebird is a small, bright sky-blue thrush native to western North America, often found in open habitats such as meadows and prairies.
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E.
Mimus
Mimus is a genus of birds in the mockingbird family, best known for species like the Northern Mockingbird that are renowned for their complex and varied vocal mimicry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biodiversity database
ⓘ
bird observation platform ⓘ citizen science project ⓘ mobile app ⓘ online database ⓘ website ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
Android app
ⓘ
iOS app ⓘ web browser ⓘ |
| collects |
bird observation records
ⓘ
checklists ⓘ date and time of observations ⓘ effort information ⓘ location data ⓘ species occurrence data ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataLicense |
Creative Commons licenses
ⓘ
linked to:
Creative Commons license
|
| dataUsedFor |
conservation planning
ⓘ
environmental impact assessment ⓘ migration studies ⓘ population trend analysis ⓘ scientific research ⓘ species distribution modeling ⓘ |
| developer | Cornell Lab of Ornithology ⓘ |
| field |
biodiversity monitoring
ⓘ
citizen science ⓘ ornithology ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
automated data quality filters
ⓘ
bar charts of species frequency ⓘ expert reviewer network ⓘ explore data tools ⓘ hotspot maps ⓘ offline data entry in mobile app ⓘ personal life lists ⓘ photo and sound uploads ⓘ range maps ⓘ rarity alerts ⓘ reviewed checklists ⓘ species alerts ⓘ trip reports ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to document bird distribution and abundance worldwide
ⓘ
to engage the public in bird monitoring ⓘ to provide open data for science and conservation ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ multiple languages ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Merlin Bird ID integration
ⓘ
eBird Basic Dataset ⓘ
linked to:
eBird
eBird Hotspots ⓘ
linked to:
eBird
eBird Mobile ⓘ
linked to:
eBird
eBird Status and Trends ⓘ
linked to:
eBird
|
| inception | 2002 ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ⓘ
Merlin Bird ID ⓘ other conservation databases ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bird distribution
ⓘ
bird sightings ⓘ birds ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Cornell Lab of Ornithology ⓘ |
| supports |
global bird monitoring
ⓘ
long-term biodiversity datasets ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
birdwatchers
ⓘ
conservationists ⓘ environmental researchers ⓘ ornithologists ⓘ |
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: eBird Description of subject: eBird is a global, citizen-science bird observation platform and database that allows birdwatchers to record, share, and explore bird sightings worldwide.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: eBird