Lord Howe Island woodhen
E225886
The Lord Howe Island woodhen is a small, flightless rail native to Australia’s Lord Howe Island, known as a conservation success story after being brought back from the brink of extinction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Howe Island rail | 1 |
| Lord Howe Island woodhen canonical | 1 |
| Lord Howe woodhen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2016809 — 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: Lord Howe Island woodhen Context triple: [Lord Howe Island, hasEndemicSpecies, Lord Howe Island woodhen]
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A.
Chatham Island oystercatcher
The Chatham Island oystercatcher is a rare, black-and-white shorebird found only on New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, known for its striking red bill and conservation-dependent status.
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B.
Christmas Island frigatebird
The Christmas Island frigatebird is a large, critically endangered seabird species of frigatebird found only on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
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C.
St Kilda wren
The St Kilda wren is a small, endemic subspecies of Eurasian wren found only on the remote St Kilda archipelago in Scotland, notable for its isolation-driven distinctiveness and conservation interest.
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D.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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E.
Hawaiian petrel
The Hawaiian petrel is an endangered, nocturnal seabird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and nesting in remote high-elevation burrows.
- 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: Lord Howe Island woodhen Target entity description: The Lord Howe Island woodhen is a small, flightless rail native to Australia’s Lord Howe Island, known as a conservation success story after being brought back from the brink of extinction.
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A.
Chatham Island oystercatcher
The Chatham Island oystercatcher is a rare, black-and-white shorebird found only on New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, known for its striking red bill and conservation-dependent status.
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B.
Christmas Island frigatebird
The Christmas Island frigatebird is a large, critically endangered seabird species of frigatebird found only on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
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C.
St Kilda wren
The St Kilda wren is a small, endemic subspecies of Eurasian wren found only on the remote St Kilda archipelago in Scotland, notable for its isolation-driven distinctiveness and conservation interest.
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D.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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E.
Hawaiian petrel
The Hawaiian petrel is an endangered, nocturnal seabird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and nesting in remote high-elevation burrows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
endemic species ⓘ flightless bird ⓘ rail ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly terrestrial ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | monogamous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 2–3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Lord Howe Island woodhen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Howe Island rail
Lord Howe Island woodhen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Howe woodhen
|
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationSuccessStory | true ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| diet |
invertebrates
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ plant material ⓘ |
| distribution | restricted to Lord Howe Island ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Lord Howe Island ⓘ |
| family | Rallidae ⓘ |
| flightCapability | flightless ⓘ |
| genus |
Gallirallus
ⓘ
Hypotaenidia ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
mountain slopes ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New South Wales ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| listedUnder |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
ⓘ
New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act ⓘ
surface form:
New South Wales Threatened Species legislation
|
| nativeTo | Lord Howe Island ⓘ |
| nestingSite | ground nests ⓘ |
| notableFor | recovery from brink of extinction ⓘ |
| order | Gruiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| populationLowPoint | fewer than 30 individuals ⓘ |
| populationRecovery | several hundred individuals ⓘ |
| protectedArea |
Lord Howe Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Howe Island Group World Heritage Area
|
| recoveryMethods |
captive breeding
ⓘ
habitat restoration ⓘ predator control ⓘ |
| reintroduction | population translocations within Lord Howe Island ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Gallirallus sylvestris
ⓘ
Hypotaenidia ⓘ
surface form:
Hypotaenidia sylvestris
|
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
habitat loss
ⓘ
introduced predators ⓘ |
| wasCriticallyEndangered | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Howe Island woodhen Description of subject: The Lord Howe Island woodhen is a small, flightless rail native to Australia’s Lord Howe Island, known as a conservation success story after being brought back from the brink of extinction.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lord Howe woodhen
this entity surface form:
Lord Howe Island rail