Momotidae
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Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7865212 — 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: Momotidae Context triple: [Coraciiformes, containsFamilies, Momotidae]
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A.
Apodidae
Apodidae is a family of highly aerial birds known as swifts, characterized by their slender bodies, long wings, and exceptional flying abilities.
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B.
Mukupirnidae
Mukupirnidae is an extinct family of ancient Australian marsupials known from fossil remains and classified within the vombatiform lineage that includes wombats and their relatives.
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C.
Iniidae
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins found in South American freshwater systems, including the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
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D.
Trichodontidae
Trichodontidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as sandfishes, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
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E.
Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes native mainly to fast-flowing rivers and streams of Asia, known for their specialized adaptations to strong currents.
- 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: Momotidae Target entity description: Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
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A.
Apodidae
Apodidae is a family of highly aerial birds known as swifts, characterized by their slender bodies, long wings, and exceptional flying abilities.
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B.
Mukupirnidae
Mukupirnidae is an extinct family of ancient Australian marsupials known from fossil remains and classified within the vombatiform lineage that includes wombats and their relatives.
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C.
Iniidae
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins found in South American freshwater systems, including the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
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D.
Trichodontidae
Trichodontidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as sandfishes, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
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E.
Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes native mainly to fast-flowing rivers and streams of Asia, known for their specialized adaptations to strong currents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | motmots ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Gould ⓘ |
| eats |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| eggColor | white ⓘ |
| geographicRange | from Mexico to northern Argentina ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest understory
ⓘ
riparian forest ⓘ subtropical forest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
perch-and-sally foraging
ⓘ
sit-and-wait hunting ⓘ tail-wagging display ⓘ territorial calling ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
colorful plumage
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long tail ⓘ medium-sized body ⓘ often racket-tipped tail ⓘ |
| hasCommonSpecies |
Aspatha gularis
ⓘ
Baryphthengus martii ⓘ
linked to:
Baryphthengus
Electron platyrhynchum ⓘ Hylomanes momotula ⓘ Momotus momota ⓘ
linked to:
Momotus
|
| hasGenus |
Aspatha
ⓘ
Baryphthengus ⓘ Electron ⓘ Hylomanes ⓘ Momotus ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
bright green and blue coloration in many species
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racket-tipped central tail feathers in many species ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Momotinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Momotidae
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Neotropics ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
South America ⓘ |
| nestsIn |
burrows in earth banks
ⓘ
tunnel nests ⓘ |
| order | Coraciiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | cavity nester ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalDiet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| vocalization | series of hoots and coos ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Momotidae Description of subject: Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Momotidae