Tanagridae sensu lato
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Tanagridae sensu lato is a broadly defined clade of New World tanagers, encompassing a wide diversity of small, often brightly colored passerine birds traditionally grouped within the tanager family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tanagridae sensu lato canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1726510 — 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: Tanagridae sensu lato Context triple: [Pinaroloxias, belongsToClade, Tanagridae sensu lato]
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A.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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B.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
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C.
Tetradiclidaceae
Tetradiclidaceae is a small, little-known family of flowering plants classified within the order Sapindales.
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D.
Togniniales
Togniniales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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E.
Ponginae
Ponginae is a subfamily of great apes that includes the orangutans and their extinct close relatives.
- 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: Tanagridae sensu lato Target entity description: Tanagridae sensu lato is a broadly defined clade of New World tanagers, encompassing a wide diversity of small, often brightly colored passerine birds traditionally grouped within the tanager family.
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A.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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B.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
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C.
Tetradiclidaceae
Tetradiclidaceae is a small, little-known family of flowering plants classified within the order Sapindales.
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D.
Togniniales
Togniniales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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E.
Ponginae
Ponginae is a subfamily of great apes that includes the orangutans and their extinct close relatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird clade
ⓘ
clade ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Neognathae ⓘ |
| characteristic |
largely arboreal
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many species are frugivorous ⓘ many species are insectivorous ⓘ often brightly colored plumage ⓘ primarily passerine birds ⓘ small body size ⓘ some species are nectarivorous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | New World tanagers sensu lato ⓘ |
| contains | many genera of New World passerines ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Tanagridae sensu stricto ⓘ |
| distribution |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Neotropical realm ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
important insect predators
ⓘ
important seed dispersers ⓘ |
| historicallyIncludedIn | Thraupidae ⓘ |
| includes |
Cardinalidae
ⓘ
Emberizidae sensu stricto ⓘ Icteridae ⓘ Mitrospingidae ⓘ Parulidae ⓘ Thraupidae ⓘ some genera traditionally placed in Thraupidae ⓘ |
| infraorder |
Passerida
ⓘ
surface form:
Passerides
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo | New World ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
high diversity of plumage coloration
ⓘ
high species richness in tropical forests ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| parvorder | Passerida ⓘ |
| phylogeneticBasis |
DNA sequence data
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molecular systematics ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primarilyHabitat |
forest edges
ⓘ
forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Emberizoid radiation ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | oviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Passeri ⓘ |
| superfamily | Emberizoidea ⓘ |
| taxonomicConcept | sensu lato ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family-group clade ⓘ |
| taxonomicScope | broad ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tanagridae sensu lato Description of subject: Tanagridae sensu lato is a broadly defined clade of New World tanagers, encompassing a wide diversity of small, often brightly colored passerine birds traditionally grouped within the tanager family.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.