Sumba thrush
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The Sumba thrush is a rare, forest-dwelling songbird endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumba and known for its elusive behavior and conservation concern.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumba shrike-thrush | 1 |
| Sumba thrush canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7103245 — 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: Sumba thrush Context triple: [Manupeu Tanah Daru National Park, hasEndemicSpecies, Sumba thrush]
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A.
Sumba flycatcher
The Sumba flycatcher is a bird species of flycatcher found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where it inhabits forested habitats and is considered endemic and conservation-sensitive.
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B.
Amami thrush
The Amami thrush is a rare, ground-dwelling songbird endemic to Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its distinctive spotted plumage and conservation concern due to habitat loss and predation.
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C.
Sumba cicadabird
The Sumba cicadabird is a bird species found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where it inhabits forested areas and is noted for its distinctive vocalizations.
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D.
Sumba buttonquail
The Sumba buttonquail is a small, ground-dwelling bird species of buttonquail found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba.
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E.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small, metallic-green parasitic cuckoo species native to Australia and nearby regions, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other 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: Sumba thrush Target entity description: The Sumba thrush is a rare, forest-dwelling songbird endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumba and known for its elusive behavior and conservation concern.
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A.
Sumba flycatcher
The Sumba flycatcher is a bird species of flycatcher found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where it inhabits forested habitats and is considered endemic and conservation-sensitive.
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B.
Amami thrush
The Amami thrush is a rare, ground-dwelling songbird endemic to Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its distinctive spotted plumage and conservation concern due to habitat loss and predation.
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C.
Sumba cicadabird
The Sumba cicadabird is a bird species found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where it inhabits forested areas and is noted for its distinctive vocalizations.
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D.
Sumba buttonquail
The Sumba buttonquail is a small, ground-dwelling bird species of buttonquail found only on the Indonesian island of Sumba.
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E.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small, metallic-green parasitic cuckoo species native to Australia and nearby regions, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
passerine ⓘ species ⓘ |
| assessedBy | IUCN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| behavior |
elusive
ⓘ
forest-dwelling ⓘ |
| binomialName | Zoothera dohertyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biogeographicRealm | Australasian realm ⓘ |
| breedingLocation | Sumba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | yes ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| diet |
insects
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ |
| distributionPattern | restricted-range species ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Turdidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Hartert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedYear | 1896 ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | forest floor ⓘ |
| foundInProtectedArea |
Laiwangi Wanggameti National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manupeu Tanah Daru National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Zoothera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest
ⓘ
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest ⓘ subtropical or tropical moist montane forest ⓘ |
| island | Sumba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IUCNRedListCategory | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | non-migratory ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Sumba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| populationTrend | decreasing ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
deforestation
ⓘ
forest degradation ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ |
| vocalizationType | song ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sumba thrush Description of subject: The Sumba thrush is a rare, forest-dwelling songbird endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumba and known for its elusive behavior and conservation concern.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sumba shrike-thrush