Aves
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Aves is the biological class comprising all modern birds, characterized by feathers, beaks, and typically the ability to fly.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aves canonical | 207 |
| Neornithes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T250955 — 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: Aves Context triple: [Passeriformes, class, Aves]
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A.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
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B.
Accipitriformes
Accipitriformes is an order of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures, characterized by keen eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons.
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C.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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D.
Bird
Bird is a common English surname shared by various notable individuals, including the legendary American basketball player Larry Bird.
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E.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
- 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: Aves Target entity description: Aves is the biological class comprising all modern birds, characterized by feathers, beaks, and typically the ability to fly.
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A.
Passeriformes
Passeriformes is the largest order of birds, commonly known as perching birds or songbirds, encompassing over half of all bird species worldwide.
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B.
Accipitriformes
Accipitriformes is an order of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures, characterized by keen eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons.
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C.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds that includes quails, pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and chickens.
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D.
Bird
Bird is a common English surname shared by various notable individuals, including the legendary American basketball player Larry Bird.
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E.
Passerida
Passerida is a large and diverse clade of perching birds that includes many familiar songbirds such as finches, warblers, and sparrows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (377)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological class
ⓘ
clade ⓘ taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| dietIncludes |
carrion
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fish ⓘ fruits ⓘ insects ⓘ nectar ⓘ seeds ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| evolvedFrom | theropod dinosaurs ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeciesCount | more than 10000 living species ⓘ |
| hasBodyTemperatureRegulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
air sacs connected to lungs
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beak ⓘ endothermy ⓘ feathers ⓘ four-chambered heart ⓘ hard-shelled eggs ⓘ high metabolic rate ⓘ highly developed vision ⓘ keratinous scales on legs and feet ⓘ lightweight but strong skeleton ⓘ oviparity ⓘ toothless jaws in modern forms ⓘ vocal communication ⓘ wings ⓘ |
| hasCirculatorySystem | four-chambered heart ⓘ |
| hasCovering | feathers ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbols in art and religion ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
egg production
ⓘ
feather production ⓘ pest control ⓘ pollination ⓘ poultry production ⓘ seed dispersal ⓘ |
| hasEggType | amniotic egg with hard shell ⓘ |
| hasForelimbsModifiedAs | wings ⓘ |
| hasGlobalDistribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| hasJawStructure | toothless beak in modern species ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveMode | oviparous ⓘ |
| hasRespiratorySystem | unidirectional airflow lungs with air sacs ⓘ |
| hasScientificStudy | ornithology ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Acanthizidae
ⓘ
Accipitridae ⓘ Accipitriformes ⓘ Aequornithes ⓘ Afroaves ⓘ Alaudidae ⓘ Alcedinidae ⓘ Alcidae ⓘ Amniota ⓘ Anatidae ⓘ Anhimidae ⓘ Anseriformes ⓘ Apodidae ⓘ Apodiformes ⓘ Apterygiformes ⓘ Archosauria ⓘ Ardeidae ⓘ Australaves ⓘ Avetheropoda ⓘ Avialae ⓘ Bombycillidae ⓘ Bombycilloidea ⓘ Campephagidae ⓘ Caprimulgiformes ⓘ Casuariiformes ⓘ Certhiidae ⓘ Certhioidea ⓘ Charadriidae ⓘ Charadriiformes ⓘ Ciconiidae ⓘ Ciconiiformes ⓘ Cisticolidae ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ
surface form:
Coelurosauria
Coliiformes ⓘ Columbea ⓘ Columbiformes ⓘ Coraciiformes ⓘ Corcoracidae ⓘ Corvidae ⓘ Corvidae and allies ⓘ Corvidae ⓘ
surface form:
Corvoidea
Cotingidae ⓘ Cracidae ⓘ Cuculiformes ⓘ Diapsida ⓘ Dicruridae ⓘ Diomedeidae ⓘ Emberizidae ⓘ Emberizoidea ⓘ Estrildidae ⓘ Mesitornithiformes ⓘ
surface form:
Eurypygiformes
Falconidae ⓘ Fregatidae ⓘ Fringillidae ⓘ Galliformes ⓘ Galloanserae ⓘ Galloanserae and allies ⓘ Gaviidae ⓘ Gruiformes ⓘ
surface form:
Gruidae
Gruiformes ⓘ Haematopodidae ⓘ Hirundinidae ⓘ Hydrobatidae ⓘ Icteridae ⓘ Inopinaves ⓘ Laniidae ⓘ Charadriiformes ⓘ
surface form:
Laridae
Malaconotidae ⓘ Maluridae ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ
surface form:
Maniraptora
Megapodiidae ⓘ Meliphagidae ⓘ Meliphagoidea ⓘ Mesitornithiformes ⓘ Mimidae ⓘ Monarchidae ⓘ Motacillidae ⓘ Muscicapidae ⓘ Muscicapoidea ⓘ Musophagiformes ⓘ Nectariniidae ⓘ Neoaves ⓘ Neoaves ⓘ
surface form:
Neoaves core landbirds
Neoaves core waterbirds ⓘ Neognathae ⓘ Neognathae modern flying birds ⓘ Neornithes ⓘ Numididae ⓘ Oceanitidae ⓘ Odontophoridae ⓘ Opisthocomiformes ⓘ Oriolidae ⓘ Ornithurae ⓘ Passerida ⓘ
surface form:
Oscines
Otidiformes ⓘ
surface form:
Otididae
Otidiformes ⓘ Otidimorphae ⓘ Pachycephalidae ⓘ Neognathae ⓘ
surface form:
Palaeognathae
Palaeognathae ratites and tinamous ⓘ Paradisaeidae ⓘ Paridae ⓘ Paroidea ⓘ Parulidae ⓘ Passerida ⓘ Passeridae ⓘ Passeriformes ⓘ Passerida ⓘ
surface form:
Passeroidea
Pelecaniformes ⓘ
surface form:
Pelecanidae
Pelecaniformes ⓘ Petroicidae ⓘ Phalacrocoracidae ⓘ Phasianidae ⓘ Phoenicopteridae ⓘ Phoenicopteriformes ⓘ Piciformes ⓘ
surface form:
Picidae
Piciformes ⓘ Pipridae ⓘ Ploceidae ⓘ Podicipedidae ⓘ Procellariidae ⓘ Procellariiformes ⓘ Prunellidae ⓘ Psittaciformes ⓘ Pterocliformes ⓘ Rallidae ⓘ Recurvirostridae ⓘ Regulidae ⓘ Remizidae ⓘ Reptilia (in cladistic sense) ⓘ Rheiformes ⓘ Saurischia ⓘ Reptilia ⓘ
surface form:
Sauropsida
Charadriiformes ⓘ
surface form:
Scolopacidae
Sittidae ⓘ Sphenisciformes ⓘ
surface form:
Spheniscidae
Sphenisciformes ⓘ Strigidae ⓘ Strigiformes ⓘ Strisores ⓘ Casuariiformes ⓘ
surface form:
Struthioniformes
Sturnidae ⓘ Sturnidae and allies ⓘ Suboscines ⓘ Sulidae ⓘ Sylviidae ⓘ Sylvioidea ⓘ Telluraves ⓘ Tetanurae ⓘ Theropoda and allies ⓘ Thraupidae ⓘ Threskiornithidae ⓘ Timaliidae ⓘ Tinamidae ⓘ Trochilidae ⓘ Troglodytidae ⓘ Trogoniformes ⓘ Turdidae ⓘ Tyrannoidea ⓘ Tytonidae ⓘ Vireonidae ⓘ Zosteropidae ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Archaeopteryx lithographica ⓘ |
| includes |
albatrosses and petrels
ⓘ
anhingas ⓘ auks ⓘ barbets ⓘ bee-eaters ⓘ boobies and gannets ⓘ bowerbirds ⓘ bustards ⓘ buttonquail-like birds ⓘ buttonquails ⓘ cassowaries ⓘ chachalacas ⓘ chickens ⓘ cockatoos ⓘ coots and moorhens ⓘ cormorant-like birds ⓘ cormorants ⓘ coursers ⓘ cranes and rails ⓘ crows and ravens ⓘ cuckoos ⓘ cuckoos and anis ⓘ cuckooshrikes ⓘ curlews ⓘ dowitchers ⓘ ducks ⓘ eagles ⓘ emus ⓘ falcons ⓘ finches ⓘ flamingo-like birds ⓘ flamingos ⓘ flightless birds ⓘ frigatebird-like birds ⓘ frigatebirds ⓘ frogmouths ⓘ fulmars ⓘ gamebirds ⓘ gannets and boobies ⓘ geese ⓘ godwits ⓘ grebe-like birds ⓘ grebes ⓘ grebes and allies ⓘ guans and curassows ⓘ guillemots ⓘ guineafowl ⓘ gulls and terns ⓘ hawks ⓘ heron-like birds ⓘ herons and egrets ⓘ hoatzin ⓘ hornbills and hoopoes ⓘ horned screamers ⓘ hummingbirds ⓘ ibis-like birds ⓘ ibises and spoonbills ⓘ jacanas ⓘ jaegers ⓘ kagu ⓘ king penguins ⓘ kingfishers ⓘ kingfishers and allies ⓘ kinglets ⓘ kites ⓘ kiwis ⓘ knots ⓘ lapwings ⓘ larks ⓘ loon-like birds ⓘ loons ⓘ loons and divers ⓘ lyrebirds ⓘ macaws ⓘ martins ⓘ megapodes ⓘ mesites ⓘ mimids ⓘ motmots ⓘ mousebirds ⓘ murres ⓘ new world quails ⓘ nightjars ⓘ nuthatches ⓘ oilbird ⓘ orioles ⓘ ostriches ⓘ owlet-nightjars ⓘ owls ⓘ parrots ⓘ passerines ⓘ peafowl ⓘ pelican-like birds ⓘ pelicans ⓘ penguin-like birds ⓘ penguins ⓘ petrels ⓘ phalarope-like birds ⓘ phalaropes ⓘ pheasants ⓘ pigeons and doves ⓘ plovers ⓘ potoos ⓘ pratincoles ⓘ prions ⓘ prions and allies ⓘ puffins ⓘ quails ⓘ rails ⓘ raptors ⓘ ratite-like birds ⓘ ratites ⓘ rollers ⓘ sandgrouse ⓘ sandpipers ⓘ screamers ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seriemas ⓘ shearwaters ⓘ shorebirds ⓘ shrikes ⓘ skimmers ⓘ skuas ⓘ snipes ⓘ sparrows ⓘ starlings ⓘ stork-like birds ⓘ storks ⓘ storm petrels ⓘ storm-petrel-like birds ⓘ sunbirds ⓘ sunbittern ⓘ swallows ⓘ swans ⓘ swifts ⓘ swifts and nightjars ⓘ tanagers ⓘ thrushes ⓘ tinamous ⓘ tits and chickadees ⓘ toucans ⓘ trogons ⓘ tropicbirds ⓘ tropicbirds and allies ⓘ turacos ⓘ turacos and plantain-eaters ⓘ turkeys ⓘ turnstones ⓘ vireos ⓘ vultures ⓘ wagtails and pipits ⓘ warblers ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ waxbills ⓘ weavers ⓘ woodpeckers ⓘ wrens ⓘ yellowlegs ⓘ |
| inhabits |
freshwater habitats
ⓘ
marine habitats ⓘ terrestrial habitats ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dinosauria
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Theropoda ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| sisterGroupOf | Crocodylia ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| superclass | Tetrapoda ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
| typicalAbility | flight ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Aves Description of subject: Aves is the biological class comprising all modern birds, characterized by feathers, beaks, and typically the ability to fly.
Referenced by (208)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pallas’s fish eagle
subject surface form:
yellow-eyed penguin