African fish eagle
E330861
The African fish eagle is a large, distinctive raptor of sub-Saharan Africa, known for its striking black, white, and chestnut plumage and its loud, ringing call often described as the “voice of Africa.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| African fish eagle canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3152602 — 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: African fish eagle Context triple: [Murchison Falls National Park, hasBirdSpecies, African fish eagle]
-
A.
pallas’s fish eagle
Pallas’s fish eagle is a large, threatened bird of prey found in parts of South and Central Asia, known for its dependence on wetlands and fish-rich rivers and lakes.
-
B.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
-
C.
Bonelli's eagle
Bonelli's eagle is a medium-sized, powerful bird of prey found in parts of southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, known for its agile flight and preference for rugged, mountainous habitats.
-
D.
Steller sea eagle
The Steller sea eagle is a massive, dark-bodied raptor native to coastal northeastern Asia, renowned as one of the world’s largest and most powerful eagles, especially associated with sea coasts and river mouths rich in fish.
-
E.
harpy eagle
The harpy eagle is one of the world’s largest and most powerful birds of prey, native to Central and South American rainforests and known for its massive talons and striking black, white, and gray plumage.
- 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: African fish eagle Target entity description: The African fish eagle is a large, distinctive raptor of sub-Saharan Africa, known for its striking black, white, and chestnut plumage and its loud, ringing call often described as the “voice of Africa.”
-
A.
pallas’s fish eagle
Pallas’s fish eagle is a large, threatened bird of prey found in parts of South and Central Asia, known for its dependence on wetlands and fish-rich rivers and lakes.
-
B.
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle is a large, powerful African bird of prey known for its striking black plumage and preference for mountainous and rocky habitats where it hunts mammals such as hyraxes.
-
C.
Bonelli's eagle
Bonelli's eagle is a medium-sized, powerful bird of prey found in parts of southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, known for its agile flight and preference for rugged, mountainous habitats.
-
D.
Steller sea eagle
The Steller sea eagle is a massive, dark-bodied raptor native to coastal northeastern Asia, renowned as one of the world’s largest and most powerful eagles, especially associated with sea coasts and river mouths rich in fish.
-
E.
harpy eagle
The harpy eagle is one of the world’s largest and most powerful birds of prey, native to Central and South American rainforests and known for its massive talons and striking black, white, and gray plumage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird of prey
ⓘ
species of bird ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Coat of arms of Namibia
ⓘ
surface form:
coat of arms of Namibia
flag of Zambia ⓘ |
| averageBodyLength |
63 cm
ⓘ
75 cm ⓘ |
| averageWingspan |
2.0 m
ⓘ
2.4 m ⓘ |
| beakColor | yellow with black tip ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Haliaeetus
ⓘ
surface form:
Haliaeetus vocifer
|
| breedingBehavior | monogamous ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 1–3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
African fish eagle
self-link
ⓘ
African sea eagle ⓘ |
| describedBy | Peter Simon Pallas ⓘ |
| diet |
carrion
ⓘ
fish ⓘ small mammals ⓘ waterbirds ⓘ |
| eyeColor | yellow ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
perch hunter
ⓘ
surface snatcher ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
coastal lagoons
ⓘ
deltas ⓘ large lakes ⓘ reservoirs ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| genus | Haliaeetus ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| IUCNStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ⓘ
surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
eastern Africa
ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form:
southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
surface form:
sub-Saharan Africa
western Africa ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nest in tall trees near water ⓘ |
| nickname |
VOA Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
voice of Africa
|
| notableFor |
loud ringing call
ⓘ
striking black, white and chestnut plumage ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor |
black wings
ⓘ
chestnut body ⓘ white breast ⓘ white head ⓘ |
| primaryLocomotion |
flight
ⓘ
perching ⓘ |
| rangeIncludes |
Lake Victoria
ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River
Okavango Delta ⓘ Kenyan Rift Valley lakes ⓘ
surface form:
Rift Valley lakes
|
| sexualDimorphism | female larger than male ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
South Sudan
ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| vocalization | loud yelping call ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1769 ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: African fish eagle Description of subject: The African fish eagle is a large, distinctive raptor of sub-Saharan Africa, known for its striking black, white, and chestnut plumage and its loud, ringing call often described as the “voice of Africa.”
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.