Cathartidae
E51037
Cathartidae is the family of New World vultures, including condors and related scavenging birds of prey found throughout the Americas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cathartidae canonical | 16 |
| Cathartiformes | 4 |
| Cathartinae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T388199 — 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: Cathartidae Context triple: [Accipitriformes, containsFamily, Cathartidae]
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A.
Accipitriformes
Accipitriformes is an order of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures, characterized by keen eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons.
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B.
Pandionidae
Pandionidae is a small family of birds of prey best known for the osprey, a fish-eating raptor found near coasts and inland waters worldwide.
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C.
Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a large family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.
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D.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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E.
Phasianidae
Phasianidae is a large family of birds that includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, and related ground-dwelling gamebirds known for their often colorful plumage and importance in hunting and agriculture.
- 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: Cathartidae Target entity description: Cathartidae is the family of New World vultures, including condors and related scavenging birds of prey found throughout the Americas.
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A.
Accipitriformes
Accipitriformes is an order of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures, characterized by keen eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons.
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B.
Pandionidae
Pandionidae is a small family of birds of prey best known for the osprey, a fish-eating raptor found near coasts and inland waters worldwide.
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C.
Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a large family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.
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D.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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E.
Phasianidae
Phasianidae is a large family of birds that includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, and related ground-dwelling gamebirds known for their often colorful plumage and importance in hunting and agriculture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyMassRange | medium to very large birds of prey ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | New World vultures ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species critically endangered ⓘ |
| diet | carrion ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Old World vultures ⓘ |
| distribution |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | scavenger ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | scavenger ⓘ |
| flightAdaptation | broad wings for soaring ⓘ |
| flightBehavior | soaring ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bald head
ⓘ
hooked beak ⓘ large wingspan ⓘ strong sense of smell ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroup | condors ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Cathartes
ⓘ
Coragyps ⓘ Gymnogyps ⓘ Gymnops ⓘ Sarcoramphus ⓘ Vultur ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Americas ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior | does not build elaborate nests ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesStatus |
Gymnogyps californianus is critically endangered
ⓘ
linked to:
California condor
|
| order |
Cathartiformes
ⓘ
linked to:
Cathartidae
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryActivityPeriod | diurnal ⓘ |
| representativeSpecies |
Cathartes aura
ⓘ
linked to:
Cathartes
Coragyps atratus ⓘ
linked to:
Coragyps
Gymnogyps californianus ⓘ
linked to:
California condor
Sarcoramphus papa ⓘ
linked to:
Sarcoramphus
Vultur gryphus ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs on ground or cliff ledges or in cavities ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | well-developed olfactory sense in several species ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| thermoregulationBehavior | urohydrosis ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Cathartes ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
forests
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ mountainous regions ⓘ open areas ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
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: Cathartidae Description of subject: Cathartidae is the family of New World vultures, including condors and related scavenging birds of prey found throughout the Americas.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cathartidae
linked to: Cathartidae
linked to: Cathartidae
linked to: Cathartidae