Accipitridae
E7594
Accipitridae is a large family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Accipitridae canonical | 101 |
| Accipitrinae | 2 |
| Buteoninae | 1 |
| accipitrids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62120 — 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: Accipitridae Context triple: [golden eagle, family, Accipitridae]
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A.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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B.
harpy eagle
The harpy eagle is one of the world’s largest and most powerful birds of prey, native to Central and South American rainforests and known for its massive talons and striking black, white, and gray plumage.
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C.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
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D.
golden eagle
The golden eagle is a large, powerful bird of prey found across the Northern Hemisphere and revered in many cultures for its strength and majesty.
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E.
Indian peafowl
The Indian peafowl is a large, colorful pheasant species best known for the male’s spectacular iridescent tail display and is widely recognized as a symbol of beauty and grace in South 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: Accipitridae Target entity description: Accipitridae is a large family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.
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A.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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B.
harpy eagle
The harpy eagle is one of the world’s largest and most powerful birds of prey, native to Central and South American rainforests and known for its massive talons and striking black, white, and gray plumage.
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C.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
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D.
golden eagle
The golden eagle is a large, powerful bird of prey found across the Northern Hemisphere and revered in many cultures for its strength and majesty.
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E.
Indian peafowl
The Indian peafowl is a large, colorful pheasant species best known for the male’s spectacular iridescent tail display and is widely recognized as a symbol of beauty and grace in South Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
family of birds of prey ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| beakType | hooked beak ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
accipitrids
ⓘ
linked to:
Accipitridae
|
| conservationStatus |
many species affected by poisoning and pesticides
ⓘ
many species threatened by habitat loss ⓘ |
| describedBy | Louis Pierre Vieillot ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1816 ⓘ |
| diet |
birds
ⓘ
carrion ⓘ fish ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide except Antarctica ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
forests ⓘ grasslands ⓘ mountains ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
carnivorous
ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ keen eyesight ⓘ raptorial bill ⓘ strong talons ⓘ |
| includes |
Old World vultures
ⓘ
eagles ⓘ harriers ⓘ hawks ⓘ kites ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbType | strong grasping feet ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
cliffs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Eurasian sparrowhawk
ⓘ
bald eagle ⓘ black kite ⓘ golden eagle ⓘ griffon vulture ⓘ red-tailed hawk ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | females often larger than males ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Accipiter ⓘ |
| visionType | excellent binocular vision ⓘ |
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: Accipitridae Description of subject: Accipitridae is a large family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.
Referenced by (105)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Accipitridae
linked to: Accipitridae
subject linked to:
red-tailed hawk
subject linked to:
pallas’s fish eagle
subject linked to:
bearded vulture