Phoebastria nigripes
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Phoebastria nigripes, commonly known as the black-footed albatross, is a large seabird of the North Pacific Ocean recognized for its dark plumage and long-distance oceanic flights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phoebastria nigripes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7576149 — 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: Phoebastria nigripes Context triple: [Diomedeidae, notableSpecies, Phoebastria nigripes]
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A.
Bulwer's petrel
Bulwer's petrel is a small, dark-plumaged oceanic seabird of tropical and subtropical waters, known for its graceful gliding flight and nocturnal nesting habits on remote islands.
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B.
Magenta petrel
The Magenta petrel is a critically endangered seabird endemic to New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, known for its nocturnal habits and long-distance oceanic foraging.
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C.
Gould’s petrel
Gould’s petrel is a small, endangered seabird species of the gadfly petrel group, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and restricted breeding colonies off eastern Australia.
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D.
Brünnich's guillemot
Brünnich's guillemot is a northern seabird species in the auk family, known for nesting in dense colonies on Arctic sea cliffs and diving to great depths to feed on fish and invertebrates.
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E.
Kelp gull
The kelp gull is a large, coastal seabird of the Southern Hemisphere known for its black-and-white plumage, robust yellow bill, and opportunistic scavenging habits around shorelines and islands.
- 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: Phoebastria nigripes Target entity description: Phoebastria nigripes, commonly known as the black-footed albatross, is a large seabird of the North Pacific Ocean recognized for its dark plumage and long-distance oceanic flights.
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A.
Bulwer's petrel
Bulwer's petrel is a small, dark-plumaged oceanic seabird of tropical and subtropical waters, known for its graceful gliding flight and nocturnal nesting habits on remote islands.
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B.
Magenta petrel
The Magenta petrel is a critically endangered seabird endemic to New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, known for its nocturnal habits and long-distance oceanic foraging.
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C.
Gould’s petrel
Gould’s petrel is a small, endangered seabird species of the gadfly petrel group, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and restricted breeding colonies off eastern Australia.
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D.
Brünnich's guillemot
Brünnich's guillemot is a northern seabird species in the auk family, known for nesting in dense colonies on Arctic sea cliffs and diving to great depths to feed on fish and invertebrates.
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E.
Kelp gull
The kelp gull is a large, coastal seabird of the Southern Hemisphere known for its black-and-white plumage, robust yellow bill, and opportunistic scavenging habits around shorelines and islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
albatross
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species of bird ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| ageAtFirstBreeding | about 5 to 8 years ⓘ |
| binomialName | Phoebastria nigripes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
Japanese islands such as Torishima
ⓘ
Laysan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Midway Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ other Hawaiian islands and atolls ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | one egg ⓘ |
| coloration |
mostly sooty brown
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white markings around the bill and undertail ⓘ |
| commonName |
black footed albatross
ⓘ
black-footed albatross ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | vulnerable to fisheries interactions ⓘ |
| describedBy | Johann Friedrich Gmelin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
carrion
ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ fish eggs ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distribution | North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Diomedeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightCapability | long-distance oceanic flights ⓘ |
| flightStyle | dynamic soaring ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy |
scavenging behind fishing vessels
ⓘ
surface seizing ⓘ |
| genus | Phoebastria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
open ocean far from land
ⓘ
pelagic waters ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
black feet
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dark plumage ⓘ long narrow wings ⓘ tube-shaped nostrils ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| majorThreat |
bycatch in longline fisheries
ⓘ
ingestion of marine plastic debris ⓘ oil pollution ⓘ sea-level rise affecting nesting colonies ⓘ |
| maximumLifespan | over 40 years ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | highly migratory ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestType | ground nest scrape ⓘ |
| nonBreedingRange |
open ocean of the North Pacific
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waters off eastern Asia ⓘ waters off western North America ⓘ |
| order | Procellariiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentalCare |
biparental chick rearing
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biparental incubation ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| previousGenusPlacement | Diomedea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rangeCountry |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | colonial breeder ⓘ |
| reproductiveSystem | monogamous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | forms large breeding colonies ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalBodyLength | about 68 to 74 centimeters ⓘ |
| typicalBodyMass | about 2.5 to 4 kilograms ⓘ |
| typicalWingspan |
about 190 centimeters
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about 6.2 feet ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1789 ⓘ |
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: Phoebastria nigripes Description of subject: Phoebastria nigripes, commonly known as the black-footed albatross, is a large seabird of the North Pacific Ocean recognized for its dark plumage and long-distance oceanic flights.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.