Nicobar megapode
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The Nicobar megapode is a rare, ground-dwelling mound-building bird endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation and sand.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicobar megapode canonical | 5 |
| Megapodius nicobariensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T532086 — 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: Nicobar megapode Context triple: [Campbell Bay National Park, fauna, Nicobar megapode]
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A.
Megapodiidae
Megapodiidae is a family of ground-dwelling birds known as megapodes or mound-builders, notable for incubating their eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation or warm sand instead of brooding them with body heat.
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B.
Megapodius freycinet
Megapodius freycinet is a species of mound-building bird, commonly known as a scrubfowl, native to forested regions of eastern Indonesia and nearby islands.
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C.
Macrocephalon maleo
Macrocephalon maleo is a large, endangered Indonesian bird species known for its unique behavior of burying its eggs in warm sand or soil to be incubated by geothermal or solar heat.
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D.
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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E.
Platyspiza
Platyspiza is a genus of Galápagos finches best known for the vegetarian finch, a species adapted to a primarily plant-based diet with a robust beak for feeding on seeds and buds.
- 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: Nicobar megapode Target entity description: The Nicobar megapode is a rare, ground-dwelling mound-building bird endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation and sand.
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A.
Megapodiidae
Megapodiidae is a family of ground-dwelling birds known as megapodes or mound-builders, notable for incubating their eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation or warm sand instead of brooding them with body heat.
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B.
Megapodius freycinet
Megapodius freycinet is a species of mound-building bird, commonly known as a scrubfowl, native to forested regions of eastern Indonesia and nearby islands.
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C.
Macrocephalon maleo
Macrocephalon maleo is a large, endangered Indonesian bird species known for its unique behavior of burying its eggs in warm sand or soil to be incubated by geothermal or solar heat.
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D.
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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E.
Platyspiza
Platyspiza is a genus of Galápagos finches best known for the vegetarian finch, a species adapted to a primarily plant-based diet with a robust beak for feeding on seeds and buds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
endemic species ⓘ megapode ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| behavior |
ground-dwelling
ⓘ
mound-building ⓘ |
| biogeographicRealm | Indomalayan realm ⓘ |
| breedingSite |
forest edges near shore
ⓘ
sandy coastal areas ⓘ |
| chickCharacteristic | precocial at hatching ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | Nicobar megapode ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| distribution | restricted-range species ⓘ |
| eggCharacteristic | large egg size relative to body size ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
India
ⓘ
Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| family | Megapodiidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Car Nicobar Island
ⓘ
Central Nicobar Islands ⓘ
linked to:
Nicobar Islands
Great Nicobar Island ⓘ Little Nicobar Island ⓘ
linked to:
Little Nicobar
|
| genus | Megapodius ⓘ |
| islandGroup | Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movementPattern | sedentary ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat |
beach vegetation
ⓘ
coastal forest ⓘ scrub forest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ |
| nestType | incubation mound ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| reproduction | incubates eggs in mounds of decaying vegetation and sand ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Megapodius nicobariensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicobar megapode
|
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
coastal development
ⓘ
egg collection ⓘ extreme weather events ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ hunting ⓘ tsunamis ⓘ |
| uses | soil temperature for egg incubation ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nicobar megapode Description of subject: The Nicobar megapode is a rare, ground-dwelling mound-building bird endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decaying vegetation and sand.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nicobar megapode