Accipiter virgatus
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Accipiter virgatus, commonly known as the besra, is a small forest-dwelling bird of prey found across South and Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Accipiter gularis | 1 |
| Accipiter virgatus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11064887 — 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: Accipiter virgatus Context triple: [Accipiter, hasSpecies, Accipiter virgatus]
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A.
Accipiter henicogrammus
Accipiter henicogrammus, commonly known as the Imitator Sparrowhawk, is a small forest-dwelling bird of prey endemic to the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Accipiter rufitorques
Accipiter rufitorques is a species of hawk in the genus Accipiter, commonly known as the rufous-necked sparrowhawk, found in parts of Southeast Asia.
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C.
Accipiter cirrocephalus
Accipiter cirrocephalus, commonly known as the collared sparrowhawk, is a small, agile bird of prey native to Australia and nearby regions, noted for hunting small birds in woodland and urban habitats.
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D.
Accipiter meyerianus
Accipiter meyerianus, commonly known as Meyer's goshawk, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in forested regions of New Guinea and nearby islands.
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E.
Accipiter erythronemius
Accipiter erythronemius, commonly known as the rufous-thighed hawk, is a small forest-dwelling bird of prey found in parts of South America.
- 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: Accipiter virgatus Target entity description: Accipiter virgatus, commonly known as the besra, is a small forest-dwelling bird of prey found across South and Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia.
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A.
Accipiter henicogrammus
Accipiter henicogrammus, commonly known as the Imitator Sparrowhawk, is a small forest-dwelling bird of prey endemic to the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Accipiter rufitorques
Accipiter rufitorques is a species of hawk in the genus Accipiter, commonly known as the rufous-necked sparrowhawk, found in parts of Southeast Asia.
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C.
Accipiter cirrocephalus
Accipiter cirrocephalus, commonly known as the collared sparrowhawk, is a small, agile bird of prey native to Australia and nearby regions, noted for hunting small birds in woodland and urban habitats.
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D.
Accipiter meyerianus
Accipiter meyerianus, commonly known as Meyer's goshawk, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in forested regions of New Guinea and nearby islands.
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E.
Accipiter erythronemius
Accipiter erythronemius, commonly known as the rufous-thighed hawk, is a small forest-dwelling bird of prey found in parts of South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal
ⓘ
bird species ⓘ hawk ⓘ raptor ⓘ |
| behavior |
diurnal
ⓘ
forest-dwelling ⓘ |
| bodyLength | 25–35 cm ⓘ |
| breedingSite | trees ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
besra
ⓘ
besra sparrowhawk ⓘ |
| describedBy | Coenraad Jacob Temminck ⓘ |
| diet |
large insects
ⓘ
lizards ⓘ small birds ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Laos ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
southern China ⓘ |
| genus | Accipiter ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest
ⓘ
plantations ⓘ secondary growth ⓘ woodland ⓘ |
| huntingStrategy | ambush predator ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryStatus | partially migratory ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| nestType | stick nest ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | females larger than males ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| wingspan | 40–60 cm ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1822 ⓘ |
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: Accipiter virgatus Description of subject: Accipiter virgatus, commonly known as the besra, is a small forest-dwelling bird of prey found across South and Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Accipiter virgatus