Sri Lanka white-eye
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The Sri Lanka white-eye is a small, greenish-yellow songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae), found only in Sri Lanka’s highland forests and known for its conspicuous white eye-ring and social flocking behavior.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka white-eye canonical | 3 |
| Ceylon white-eye | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5901666 — 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: Sri Lanka white-eye Context triple: [Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, hasEndemicSpecies, Sri Lanka white-eye]
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A.
Sri Lanka bush warbler
The Sri Lanka bush warbler is a small, elusive passerine bird found only in the montane forests and dense undergrowth of Sri Lanka’s central highlands.
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B.
Pallas's leaf warbler
Pallas's leaf warbler is a small migratory songbird of the Phylloscopus genus, known for its distinctive yellowish rump, wingbars, and high-pitched calls, breeding in northern Asia and wintering in southern Asia.
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C.
Sri Lanka frogmouth
The Sri Lanka frogmouth is a nocturnal bird species of the frogmouth family, notable for its wide, frog-like bill and camouflaged plumage, found primarily in the forests of Sri Lanka and parts of southern India.
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D.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small, metallic-green parasitic cuckoo species native to Australia and nearby regions, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.
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E.
Rodrigues warbler
The Rodrigues warbler is a small, insectivorous songbird in the family Acrocephalidae that is endemic to the island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean and is notable for its conservation-dependent status.
- 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: Sri Lanka white-eye Target entity description: The Sri Lanka white-eye is a small, greenish-yellow songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae), found only in Sri Lanka’s highland forests and known for its conspicuous white eye-ring and social flocking behavior.
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A.
Sri Lanka bush warbler
The Sri Lanka bush warbler is a small, elusive passerine bird found only in the montane forests and dense undergrowth of Sri Lanka’s central highlands.
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B.
Pallas's leaf warbler
Pallas's leaf warbler is a small migratory songbird of the Phylloscopus genus, known for its distinctive yellowish rump, wingbars, and high-pitched calls, breeding in northern Asia and wintering in southern Asia.
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C.
Sri Lanka frogmouth
The Sri Lanka frogmouth is a nocturnal bird species of the frogmouth family, notable for its wide, frog-like bill and camouflaged plumage, found primarily in the forests of Sri Lanka and parts of southern India.
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D.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small, metallic-green parasitic cuckoo species native to Australia and nearby regions, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.
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E.
Rodrigues warbler
The Rodrigues warbler is a small, insectivorous songbird in the family Acrocephalidae that is endemic to the island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean and is notable for its conservation-dependent status.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
endemic species ⓘ |
| assessedBy |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| biogeographicRealm | Indomalayan ⓘ |
| breedingSite | trees ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
Ceylon white-eye
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Lanka white-eye
Sri Lanka white-eye ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| countryOccurrence | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| describedBy | Edward Blyth ⓘ |
| diet |
fruit
ⓘ
insects ⓘ nectar ⓘ other small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
conspicuous white eye-ring
ⓘ
small size ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| family | Zosteropidae ⓘ |
| foragingStratum |
canopy
ⓘ
subcanopy ⓘ |
| genus | Zosterops ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest edge
ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ shrubland in highlands ⓘ submontane forest ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | resident ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Sri Lanka highlands
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
|
| nestType | cup-shaped nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
greenish-yellow upperparts
ⓘ
yellowish underparts ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Oriental white-eye ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Zosterops ceylonensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Zosterops
|
| socialBehavior |
forms flocks
ⓘ
highly gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalElevation | above 1000 m ⓘ |
| vernacularLanguage | English ⓘ |
| vocalization |
high-pitched calls
ⓘ
warbling song ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1849 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sri Lanka white-eye Description of subject: The Sri Lanka white-eye is a small, greenish-yellow songbird in the white-eye family (Zosteropidae), found only in Sri Lanka’s highland forests and known for its conspicuous white eye-ring and social flocking behavior.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sri Lanka white-eye