red-tailed hawk
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The red-tailed hawk is a widespread North American bird of prey known for its reddish tail, piercing call, and adaptability to diverse habitats including open fields, deserts, and urban areas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| red-tailed hawk canonical | 5 |
| Buteo jamaicensis | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T358384 — 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: red-tailed hawk Context triple: [Accipitridae, notableMember, red-tailed hawk]
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A.
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.
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B.
golden eagle
The golden eagle is a large, powerful bird of prey found across the Northern Hemisphere and revered in many cultures for its strength and majesty.
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C.
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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D.
Aquila rapax
Aquila rapax, commonly known as the tawny eagle, is a large bird of prey found across Africa and parts of Asia, recognized for its broad wings, powerful build, and scavenging as well as hunting habits.
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E.
Aquila adalberti
Aquila adalberti, commonly known as the Spanish imperial eagle, is a large, endangered raptor endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and recognized for its dark plumage and pale shoulder patches.
- 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: red-tailed hawk Target entity description: The red-tailed hawk is a widespread North American bird of prey known for its reddish tail, piercing call, and adaptability to diverse habitats including open fields, deserts, and urban areas.
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A.
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.
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B.
golden eagle
The golden eagle is a large, powerful bird of prey found across the Northern Hemisphere and revered in many cultures for its strength and majesty.
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C.
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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D.
Aquila rapax
Aquila rapax, commonly known as the tawny eagle, is a large bird of prey found across Africa and parts of Asia, recognized for its broad wings, powerful build, and scavenging as well as hunting habits.
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E.
Aquila adalberti
Aquila adalberti, commonly known as the Spanish imperial eagle, is a large, endangered raptor endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and recognized for its dark plumage and pale shoulder patches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
bird of prey ⓘ hawk ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| adaptation | high tolerance of human-modified landscapes ⓘ |
| averageMass | approximately 700–1500 g ⓘ |
| binomialName |
red-tailed hawk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Buteo jamaicensis
|
| bodyLength | approximately 45–65 cm ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 1–5 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
red-tailed hawk
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
redtail ⓘ |
| describedBy | Johann Friedrich Gmelin ⓘ |
| diet |
birds
ⓘ
rabbits ⓘ reptiles ⓘ rodents ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| eggColor | whitish with brown spots ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| flightStyle | soaring with wings in slight dihedral ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | soaring and hunting from perches ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Panama ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Indies ⓘ |
| genus | Buteo ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
deserts ⓘ grasslands ⓘ open fields ⓘ suburban areas ⓘ urban areas ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legalProtection | protected under Migratory Bird Treaty Act in the United States ⓘ |
| lifespanCaptive | over 20 years possible ⓘ |
| lifespanWild | typically up to 10–15 years ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | partial migrant ⓘ |
| monogamy | often forms long-term pair bonds ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| nestLocation |
cliffs
ⓘ
man-made structures ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| nestType | stick nest ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
broad wings
ⓘ
piercing call ⓘ reddish tail ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| plumageVariation |
dark morphs
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light morphs ⓘ rufous morphs ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem | top small-mammal predator ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | females larger than males ⓘ |
| tailColorAdult | rich rufous above with pale underside ⓘ |
| tailColorJuvenile | brown banded tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedIn | falconry ⓘ |
| vocalization | raspy descending scream ⓘ |
| vocalizationUsage | often used in films to represent eagles ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 110–145 cm ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1788 ⓘ |
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: red-tailed hawk Description of subject: The red-tailed hawk is a widespread North American bird of prey known for its reddish tail, piercing call, and adaptability to diverse habitats including open fields, deserts, and urban areas.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Red-tailed hawk
this entity surface form:
Buteo jamaicensis
subject surface form:
Red-tailed hawk
this entity surface form:
Buteo jamaicensis