Volatinia jacarina
E211858
Volatinia jacarina, commonly known as the blue-black grassquit, is a small Neotropical songbird recognized for the male’s glossy blue-black plumage and distinctive jumping display during courtship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volatinia jacarina canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908524 — 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: Volatinia jacarina Context triple: [Thraupidae, includes, Volatinia jacarina]
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A.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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B.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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C.
Venetian Bird
Venetian Bird is a 1952 British film noir thriller, also known as The Assassin, in which Sterling Hayden plays an American private investigator entangled in political intrigue in postwar Venice.
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D.
Melipilla
Melipilla is a city and commune in central Chile known for its agricultural production and location southwest of Santiago.
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E.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
- 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: Volatinia jacarina Target entity description: Volatinia jacarina, commonly known as the blue-black grassquit, is a small Neotropical songbird recognized for the male’s glossy blue-black plumage and distinctive jumping display during courtship.
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A.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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B.
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila verreauxii, commonly known as Verreaux's eagle or the black eagle, is a large, predominantly black bird of prey native to mountainous and rocky regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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C.
Venetian Bird
Venetian Bird is a 1952 British film noir thriller, also known as The Assassin, in which Sterling Hayden plays an American private investigator entangled in political intrigue in postwar Venice.
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D.
Melipilla
Melipilla is a city and commune in central Chile known for its agricultural production and location southwest of Santiago.
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E.
Acanthisitti
Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
passerine ⓘ songbird ⓘ |
| approximateLength | 10 cm ⓘ |
| binomialName | Volatinia jacarina self-link ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | rainy season in much of its range ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2–3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
blue-black grassquit
ⓘ
surface form:
blue black grassquit
blue-black grassquit ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
seeds
ⓘ
small insects ⓘ |
| displayBehavior | jumping display ⓘ |
| displayContext | courtship ⓘ |
| family | Thraupidae ⓘ |
| femalePlumage | brownish ⓘ |
| foragingStratum |
ground
ⓘ
low vegetation ⓘ |
| genus | Volatinia ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural fields
ⓘ
disturbed open areas ⓘ grasslands ⓘ roadside vegetation ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| introducedTo | Galápagos Islands ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| iucnStatusSystem | IUCN 3.1 ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| malePlumage | glossy blue-black ⓘ |
| migration | mostly resident ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bolivia
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Central America ⓘ Neotropics ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ South America ⓘ northern Argentina ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ |
| nestLocation | low vegetation ⓘ |
| nestType | cup-shaped nest ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often found in small flocks ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| vocalization | simple song ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1766 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Volatinia jacarina Description of subject: Volatinia jacarina, commonly known as the blue-black grassquit, is a small Neotropical songbird recognized for the male’s glossy blue-black plumage and distinctive jumping display during courtship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.