spot-billed pelican
E1014195
The spot-billed pelican is a large freshwater bird native to southern Asia, known for its distinctive bill markings and colonial nesting near wetlands and lakes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| spot-billed pelican canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12982303 — 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: spot-billed pelican Context triple: [Bundala National Park, hasSpecies, spot-billed pelican]
-
A.
Australian pelican
The Australian pelican is a large waterbird native to Australia, easily recognized by its enormous pale bill and expansive wingspan, and commonly found around inland and coastal waterways.
-
B.
American white pelican
The American white pelican is a large North American waterbird known for its striking white plumage, expansive wingspan, and cooperative group feeding in lakes and wetlands.
-
C.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
-
D.
Pelican
Pelican was the English galleon originally commanded by Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation voyage, later renamed the Golden Hind.
-
E.
Pelican
Pelican is an American instrumental post-metal band known for its heavy, guitar-driven soundscapes and absence of vocals.
- 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: spot-billed pelican Target entity description: The spot-billed pelican is a large freshwater bird native to southern Asia, known for its distinctive bill markings and colonial nesting near wetlands and lakes.
-
A.
Australian pelican
The Australian pelican is a large waterbird native to Australia, easily recognized by its enormous pale bill and expansive wingspan, and commonly found around inland and coastal waterways.
-
B.
American white pelican
The American white pelican is a large North American waterbird known for its striking white plumage, expansive wingspan, and cooperative group feeding in lakes and wetlands.
-
C.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
-
D.
Pelican
Pelican was the English galleon originally commanded by Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation voyage, later renamed the Golden Hind.
-
E.
Pelican
Pelican is an American instrumental post-metal band known for its heavy, guitar-driven soundscapes and absence of vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
pelican ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| averageBodyLength | about 125 cm ⓘ |
| averageWingspan | about 2.3 m ⓘ |
| billCharacteristic |
fleshy knob at tip of upper mandible in breeding season
ⓘ
spotted upper mandible ⓘ |
| binomialName | Pelecanus philippensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat | lakes with large trees nearby ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | varies with monsoon in South Asia ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clutchSize | typically 3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
grey pelican
ⓘ
spot-billed pelican ⓘ |
| conservationMeasure | protected at several breeding colonies in India ⓘ |
| describedBy | Johann Friedrich Gmelin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ |
| eggColor | white ⓘ |
| extirpatedFrom | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Pelecanidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
cooperative fishing
ⓘ
surface plunge-feeding ⓘ |
| genus | Pelecanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal lagoons
ⓘ
freshwater lakes ⓘ inland wetlands ⓘ large rivers ⓘ reservoirs ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| iucnStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestingType | colonial nester ⓘ |
| nestLocation | large trees ⓘ |
| notableBreedingSite |
Kokkare Bellur, Karnataka, India
GENERATED
ⓘ
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India GENERATED ⓘ Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India GENERATED ⓘ |
| onceNativeTo | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Pelecaniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor | mainly greyish-white ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
disturbance at nesting colonies
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ wetland degradation ⓘ |
| wingPattern | dark primary feathers ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1789 ⓘ |
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: spot-billed pelican Description of subject: The spot-billed pelican is a large freshwater bird native to southern Asia, known for its distinctive bill markings and colonial nesting near wetlands and lakes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.