Marabou stork
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The Marabou stork is a large African wading bird known for its bald head, massive bill, and scavenging habits often seen around carcasses and human refuse.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marabou stork canonical | 2 |
| marabou stork | 2 |
| Leptoptilos crumenifer is the marabou stork | 1 |
| marabou storks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6456317 — 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: Marabou stork Context triple: [Stork, notableSpecies, Marabou stork]
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A.
Goliath heron
The Goliath heron is the world’s largest heron species, a towering wading bird of African wetlands known for its massive size, chestnut plumage, and solitary hunting behavior.
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B.
Secretary bird
The secretary bird is a large, long-legged bird of prey native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive eagle-like body, crane-like legs, and habit of hunting snakes on foot.
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C.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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D.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
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E.
African fish eagle
The African fish eagle is a large, distinctive raptor of sub-Saharan Africa, known for its striking black, white, and chestnut plumage and its loud, ringing call often described as the “voice of Africa.”
- 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: Marabou stork Target entity description: The Marabou stork is a large African wading bird known for its bald head, massive bill, and scavenging habits often seen around carcasses and human refuse.
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A.
Goliath heron
The Goliath heron is the world’s largest heron species, a towering wading bird of African wetlands known for its massive size, chestnut plumage, and solitary hunting behavior.
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B.
Secretary bird
The secretary bird is a large, long-legged bird of prey native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive eagle-like body, crane-like legs, and habit of hunting snakes on foot.
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C.
Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is a large, pale Old World vulture native to southern Africa, known for its cliff-nesting colonies and its status as a threatened scavenger species.
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D.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
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E.
African fish eagle
The African fish eagle is a large, distinctive raptor of sub-Saharan Africa, known for its striking black, white, and chestnut plumage and its loud, ringing call often described as the “voice of Africa.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
stork ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| associatedWith | vulture feeding assemblages ⓘ |
| billType | long thick straight bill ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Leptoptilos crumenifer
ⓘ
linked to:
Leptoptilos
|
| bodyHeight | about 1.2 to 1.5 metres ⓘ |
| breedingSite | tall trees near water ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | typically 2 to 3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | Marabou stork ⓘ |
| diet |
carrion
ⓘ
fish ⓘ insects ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| family | Ciconiidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | scavenger ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring on thermal currents ⓘ |
| foundInCountry |
Kenya
ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ |
| genus | Leptoptilos ⓘ |
| habitat |
rubbish dumps
ⓘ
savannas ⓘ urban areas ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| headCovering | largely bare skin ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | up to about 25 years ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
sub-Saharan Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| neckCovering | sparse down ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nest ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bald head
ⓘ
massive bill ⓘ pendulous throat sac ⓘ |
| oftenSeenNear |
carcasses
ⓘ
human refuse ⓘ |
| order | Ciconiiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
dark grey upperparts
ⓘ
white underparts ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs in large tree nests ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem | scavenger that helps remove carrion ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
often feeds in groups
ⓘ
often forms colonies ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threatStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| threatStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| wingspan | up to about 3.7 metres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marabou stork Description of subject: The Marabou stork is a large African wading bird known for its bald head, massive bill, and scavenging habits often seen around carcasses and human refuse.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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