Inca tern
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The Inca tern is a distinctive seabird of the Pacific coast of South America, recognizable by its dark gray plumage, red beak and feet, and striking white moustache-like facial markings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Inca tern canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13935529 — 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: Inca tern Context triple: [Ballestas Islands, hasWildlife, Inca tern]
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A.
Nazca booby
The Nazca booby is a large seabird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its striking white plumage with black markings, strong marine foraging behavior, and breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Galápagos.
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Peruvian booby
The Peruvian booby is a seabird native to the Pacific coast of South America, especially abundant along the nutrient-rich Humboldt Current where it breeds in large coastal colonies.
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C.
Pitangus
Pitangus is a small genus of robust, insect-eating tyrant flycatchers native to the Americas, best known for the Great Kiskadee.
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D.
sooty tern
The sooty tern is a widespread tropical seabird known for its long-distance oceanic flights, dense breeding colonies on remote islands, and distinctive black-and-white plumage.
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E.
Andean guan
The Andean guan is a medium-sized, turkey-like bird of the high Andes, known for inhabiting cloud forests and playing an important role as a seed disperser.
- 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: Inca tern Target entity description: The Inca tern is a distinctive seabird of the Pacific coast of South America, recognizable by its dark gray plumage, red beak and feet, and striking white moustache-like facial markings.
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A.
Nazca booby
The Nazca booby is a large seabird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its striking white plumage with black markings, strong marine foraging behavior, and breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Galápagos.
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B.
Peruvian booby
The Peruvian booby is a seabird native to the Pacific coast of South America, especially abundant along the nutrient-rich Humboldt Current where it breeds in large coastal colonies.
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C.
Pitangus
Pitangus is a small genus of robust, insect-eating tyrant flycatchers native to the Americas, best known for the Great Kiskadee.
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D.
sooty tern
The sooty tern is a widespread tropical seabird known for its long-distance oceanic flights, dense breeding colonies on remote islands, and distinctive black-and-white plumage.
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E.
Andean guan
The Andean guan is a medium-sized, turkey-like bird of the high Andes, known for inhabiting cloud forests and playing an important role as a seed disperser.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.