Plegadis
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Plegadis is a genus of medium-sized, long-legged ibises known for their curved bills and often dark, iridescent plumage, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plegadis canonical | 2 |
| Plegadis chihi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8184902 — 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: Plegadis Context triple: [Threskiornithidae, containsGenus, Plegadis]
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A.
Pheugopedius
Pheugopedius is a genus of small, often melodious New World wrens known for their complex songs and preference for dense, shrubby habitats.
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B.
Plumetot
Plumetot is a small commune in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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C.
Ptyonoprogne
Ptyonoprogne is a genus of small, rock-dwelling swallows commonly known as crag martins, found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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D.
Poulus
Poulus is a personal name variant derived from the given name Poul.
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E.
Cyornis
Cyornis is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as blue flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of Asia.
- 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: Plegadis Target entity description: Plegadis is a genus of medium-sized, long-legged ibises known for their curved bills and often dark, iridescent plumage, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
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A.
Pheugopedius
Pheugopedius is a genus of small, often melodious New World wrens known for their complex songs and preference for dense, shrubby habitats.
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B.
Plumetot
Plumetot is a small commune in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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C.
Ptyonoprogne
Ptyonoprogne is a genus of small, rock-dwelling swallows commonly known as crag martins, found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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D.
Poulus
Poulus is a personal name variant derived from the given name Poul.
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E.
Cyornis
Cyornis is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as blue flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| billShape | decurved ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-sized wading birds ⓘ |
| clade |
Neoaves
ⓘ
Pelecanimorphae ⓘ
linked to:
Pelecaniformes
|
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | glossy ibises (genus) ⓘ |
| conservationRelevance | dependent on wetland availability ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of medium-sized ibises ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
ⓘ
aquatic invertebrates ⓘ small fish ⓘ |
| distribution |
cosmopolitan
ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | wetland wader ⓘ |
| family | Threskiornithidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | wades in shallow water to forage ⓘ |
| flightPattern | flies with neck outstretched ⓘ |
| foragingMethod | probing in mud with bill ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Plegadis chihi
ⓘ
linked to:
Plegadis
Plegadis falcinellus ⓘ Plegadis ridgwayi ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nestSite | reeds and low vegetation near water ⓘ |
| order | Pelecaniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Threskiornithidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | colonial nester ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often forms flocks ⓘ |
| subclass | Neornithes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
marshes
ⓘ
shallow lakes ⓘ swamps ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| typicalMorphology |
curved bill
ⓘ
long-legged ⓘ |
| typicalPlumage |
dark
ⓘ
iridescent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Plegadis Description of subject: Plegadis is a genus of medium-sized, long-legged ibises known for their curved bills and often dark, iridescent plumage, commonly found in wetlands worldwide.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.