Eulipoa wallacei
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Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eulipoa wallacei canonical | 4 |
| Eulipoa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T321173 — 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: Eulipoa wallacei Context triple: [Megapodiidae, containsTaxon, Eulipoa wallacei]
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A.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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B.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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C.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
- 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: Eulipoa wallacei Target entity description: Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
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A.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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B.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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C.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avian
ⓘ
bird species ⓘ megapode ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal at nesting grounds ⓘ |
| binomialName | Eulipoa wallacei ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | colonial nester ⓘ |
| broodingBehavior | does not brood eggs with body heat ⓘ |
| chickCharacteristic | superprecocial at hatching ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
Moluccan megapode
ⓘ
linked to:
Megapodius freycinet
Wallace's scrubfowl ⓘ
linked to:
dusky scrubfowl
|
| describedBy | George Robert Gray ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | Wallacea ⓘ |
| eggCharacteristic | large egg size relative to body ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Maluku Islands ⓘ |
| family | Megapodiidae ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | ground ⓘ |
| foundOnIsland |
Ambon
ⓘ
Banda Islands ⓘ Buru ⓘ Halmahera ⓘ Haruku ⓘ Seram ⓘ |
| genus |
Eulipoa
ⓘ
linked to:
Eulipoa wallacei
|
| habitat |
scrubland
ⓘ
secondary forest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ |
| incubationSubstrate |
warm sand
ⓘ
warm soil ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movementPattern | altitudinal migration between forest and nesting beaches ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alfred Russel Wallace ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ |
| nestingSiteType |
beach
ⓘ
coastal slope ⓘ |
| order | Galliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | egg burial in warm substrate ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
egg collection by humans
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ |
| usesIncubationMethod |
geothermal heat incubation
ⓘ
solar heat incubation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eulipoa wallacei Description of subject: Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eulipoa wallacei