Red-billed quelea
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The Red-billed quelea is a small, highly gregarious African weaver bird famed for forming enormous flocks that can devastate grain crops.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| red-billed quelea | 2 |
| Red-billed quelea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7576393 — 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: Red-billed quelea Context triple: [Ploceidae, includesSpecies, Red-billed quelea]
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A.
Pallas's sandgrouse
Pallas's sandgrouse is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird of arid and semi-arid regions of central Asia, known for its long-distance flights to water sources and dense, cryptic plumage.
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B.
Poecile
Poecile is a genus of small passerine birds in the tit family Paridae, which includes chickadees and tits found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Coccothraustes coccothraustes, commonly known as the hawfinch, is a robust, large-billed finch species found across Europe and parts of Asia, noted for its powerful beak adapted to cracking hard seeds.
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D.
Colibri coruscans
Colibri coruscans, commonly known as the sparkling violetear, is a large, brightly colored hummingbird species found in highland regions of South America.
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E.
Poospiza
Poospiza is a genus of small Neotropical songbirds known as warbling finches, typically found in South American shrublands and forest edges.
- 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: Red-billed quelea Target entity description: The Red-billed quelea is a small, highly gregarious African weaver bird famed for forming enormous flocks that can devastate grain crops.
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A.
Pallas's sandgrouse
Pallas's sandgrouse is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird of arid and semi-arid regions of central Asia, known for its long-distance flights to water sources and dense, cryptic plumage.
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B.
Poecile
Poecile is a genus of small passerine birds in the tit family Paridae, which includes chickadees and tits found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Coccothraustes coccothraustes, commonly known as the hawfinch, is a robust, large-billed finch species found across Europe and parts of Asia, noted for its powerful beak adapted to cracking hard seeds.
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D.
Colibri coruscans
Colibri coruscans, commonly known as the sparkling violetear, is a large, brightly colored hummingbird species found in highland regions of South America.
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E.
Poospiza
Poospiza is a genus of small Neotropical songbirds known as warbling finches, typically found in South American shrublands and forest edges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
passerine ⓘ weaver ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Africa’s most numerous wild bird
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red-billed weaver ⓘ |
| billColor | red ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Quelea quelea
ⓘ
linked to:
Quelea
|
| bodyLength | about 11–12 cm ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 12–20 g ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | colonial nester ⓘ |
| breedingTriggeredBy | onset of rains ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2–4 eggs ⓘ |
| considered | serious agricultural pest ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
grain crops
ⓘ
grass seeds ⓘ |
| family | Ploceidae ⓘ |
| femalePlumage | streaked brownish ⓘ |
| forms |
large breeding colonies
ⓘ
massive roosts ⓘ |
| genus | Quelea ⓘ |
| habitat |
cultivated fields
ⓘ
grassland ⓘ savanna ⓘ thornbush ⓘ |
| impactOnHumans | reduces cereal yields ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maleBreedingPlumage |
black facial mask
ⓘ
red bill ⓘ variable head and breast coloration ⓘ |
| migration | nomadic movements ⓘ |
| movementPattern | rainfall-dependent movements ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Africa
ⓘ
Sahel region ⓘ
linked to:
Sahel
Southern Africa ⓘ sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| nestSite |
bushes
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| nestType | woven grass nest ⓘ |
| notableFor |
crop damage
ⓘ
forming enormous flocks ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| populationSize | hundreds of millions to billions of individuals ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | highly gregarious ⓘ |
| targetOf | control programs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Red-billed quelea Description of subject: The Red-billed quelea is a small, highly gregarious African weaver bird famed for forming enormous flocks that can devastate grain crops.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.