Black-capped Chickadee
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The Black-capped Chickadee is a small, sociable North American songbird known for its distinctive "chick-a-dee-dee-dee" call and bold, inquisitive behavior.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black-capped Chickadee canonical | 2 |
| Black capped Chickadee | 1 |
| black-capped chickadee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1377448 — 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.
Target entity: Black-capped Chickadee Context triple: [Maine, stateBird, Black-capped Chickadee]
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Carolina wren
The Carolina wren is a small, energetic North American songbird known for its loud, musical calls and distinctive white eyebrow stripe.
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Steller's jay
Steller's jay is a striking North American corvid known for its deep blue body, dark crest, and loud, varied calls, commonly found in coniferous forests of western North America.
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Brown thrasher
The Brown thrasher is a medium-sized North American songbird known for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage with heavily streaked underparts.
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Mountain bluebird
The Mountain bluebird is a small, bright sky-blue thrush native to western North America, often found in open habitats such as meadows and prairies.
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E.
Western bluebird
The Western bluebird is a small North American thrush known for the male’s bright blue plumage with a rusty-orange chest and its preference for open woodlands and nest boxes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Black-capped Chickadee Target entity description: The Black-capped Chickadee is a small, sociable North American songbird known for its distinctive "chick-a-dee-dee-dee" call and bold, inquisitive behavior.
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A.
Carolina wren
The Carolina wren is a small, energetic North American songbird known for its loud, musical calls and distinctive white eyebrow stripe.
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B.
Steller's jay
Steller's jay is a striking North American corvid known for its deep blue body, dark crest, and loud, varied calls, commonly found in coniferous forests of western North America.
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C.
Brown thrasher
The Brown thrasher is a medium-sized North American songbird known for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage with heavily streaked underparts.
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D.
Mountain bluebird
The Mountain bluebird is a small, bright sky-blue thrush native to western North America, often found in open habitats such as meadows and prairies.
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E.
Western bluebird
The Western bluebird is a small North American thrush known for the male’s bright blue plumage with a rusty-orange chest and its preference for open woodlands and nest boxes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
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passerine ⓘ songbird ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| adaptation |
can lower body temperature during cold nights
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enlarged hippocampus in winter for spatial memory ⓘ |
| behavior |
caches food
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retrieves stored food using spatial memory ⓘ |
| binomialName | Poecile atricapillus ⓘ |
| bodyLength | 12 to 15 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | 9 to 14 grams ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 5 to 10 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Black-capped Chickadee
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Black capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee self-link ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
berries
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insects ⓘ seeds ⓘ spiders ⓘ |
| distributionLimit | northern limit of deciduous forest in North America ⓘ |
| eggColor | white with fine reddish-brown spots ⓘ |
| family | Paridae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
gleans insects from twigs and branches
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visits bird feeders ⓘ |
| foundIn |
boreal forest
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deciduous forest ⓘ mixed forest ⓘ parks and gardens ⓘ suburban areas ⓘ |
| genus | Poecile ⓘ |
| habitatPreference | wooded habitats with dense cover ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | 2 to 3 years typical ⓘ |
| maximumRecordedLifespanInWild | over 10 years ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | mostly non-migratory ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
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North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| nestingSite |
nest box
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tree cavity ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageFeature |
black bib
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black cap ⓘ buff flanks ⓘ gray back ⓘ white cheeks ⓘ |
| reproduction | monogamous breeding pairs ⓘ |
| similarTo | Carolina Chickadee ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
forms mixed-species flocks in winter
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highly sociable ⓘ |
| stateBirdOf |
Maine
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Massachusetts ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| vocalization |
chick-a-dee-dee-dee call
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fee-bee song ⓘ |
| wingspan | 16 to 21 centimeters ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1766 ⓘ |
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Subject: Black-capped Chickadee Description of subject: The Black-capped Chickadee is a small, sociable North American songbird known for its distinctive "chick-a-dee-dee-dee" call and bold, inquisitive behavior.
Referenced by (4)
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