Temminck’s courser
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Temminck’s courser is a small, ground-dwelling wader of the courser family, known for its slender build, cryptic plumage, and preference for dry, open habitats in sub-Saharan Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temminck’s courser canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8915209 — 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: Temminck’s courser Context triple: [Temminck, hasTaxonNamedAfterHim, Temminck’s courser]
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A.
Buru cuckooshrike
The Buru cuckooshrike is a bird species of the cuckooshrike family found only on the Indonesian island of Buru, where it inhabits forested habitats.
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B.
Makira leaf-warbler
The Makira leaf-warbler is a small, insectivorous songbird endemic to the island of Makira in the Solomon Islands, known for inhabiting forested habitats.
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C.
Sumba thrush
The Sumba thrush is a rare, forest-dwelling songbird endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumba and known for its elusive behavior and conservation concern.
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D.
Malurus
Malurus is a genus of small, often brightly colored Australasian songbirds commonly known as fairywrens.
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E.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small, metallic-green parasitic cuckoo species native to Australia and nearby regions, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.
- 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: Temminck’s courser Target entity description: Temminck’s courser is a small, ground-dwelling wader of the courser family, known for its slender build, cryptic plumage, and preference for dry, open habitats in sub-Saharan Africa.
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A.
Buru cuckooshrike
The Buru cuckooshrike is a bird species of the cuckooshrike family found only on the Indonesian island of Buru, where it inhabits forested habitats.
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B.
Makira leaf-warbler
The Makira leaf-warbler is a small, insectivorous songbird endemic to the island of Makira in the Solomon Islands, known for inhabiting forested habitats.
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C.
Sumba thrush
The Sumba thrush is a rare, forest-dwelling songbird endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumba and known for its elusive behavior and conservation concern.
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D.
Malurus
Malurus is a genus of small, often brightly colored Australasian songbirds commonly known as fairywrens.
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E.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small, metallic-green parasitic cuckoo species native to Australia and nearby regions, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
species ⓘ wader ⓘ |
| activityPattern | often active at dusk and dawn ⓘ |
| authority |
Swainson, 1822
ⓘ
linked to:
Swainson
|
| behavior |
crepuscular
ⓘ
ground-dwelling ⓘ insectivorous ⓘ |
| bill | short slightly downcurved bill ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| build | slender ⓘ |
| camouflageStrategy | cryptic plumage matching ground ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName | Temminck’s courser ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| diet |
ants
ⓘ
beetles ⓘ insects ⓘ termites ⓘ |
| distribution |
sub-Saharan Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| eggColor | cryptically patterned eggs ⓘ |
| family | Glareolidae ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | runs and pauses on ground ⓘ |
| foundIn |
East Africa
ⓘ
Sahel region ⓘ
linked to:
Sahel
Southern Africa ⓘ |
| genus | Cursorius ⓘ |
| habitat |
burnt grassland
ⓘ
dry open habitats ⓘ savanna ⓘ semi-arid plains ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | long bluish-grey legs ⓘ |
| movementPattern |
local seasonal movements
ⓘ
resident in much of range ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Coenraad Jacob Temminck ⓘ |
| nestingSite | bare ground ⓘ |
| nestType | simple scrape on ground ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage | cryptic ⓘ |
| plumageColor | sandy-brown upperparts ⓘ |
| plumageMarkings | distinctive head pattern ⓘ |
| preferredMicrohabitat | recently burnt areas ⓘ |
| scientificName | Cursorius temminckii ⓘ |
| tail | short tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| vocalization | soft calls given in flight ⓘ |
| wingShape | long pointed wings ⓘ |
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: Temminck’s courser Description of subject: Temminck’s courser is a small, ground-dwelling wader of the courser family, known for its slender build, cryptic plumage, and preference for dry, open habitats in sub-Saharan Africa.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.