Tityridae
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Tityridae is a family of New World suboscine passerine birds that includes tityras, becards, and related species, known for their varied vocalizations and predominantly forest-dwelling habits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tityridae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7577008 — 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: Tityridae Context triple: [Tyrannoidea, includes, Tityridae]
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Cisticolidae
Cisticolidae is a family of small, often drab-colored passerine birds commonly known as cisticolas and their allies, found mainly in grasslands and savannas of the Old World tropics and subtropics.
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B.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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C.
Aegithalidae
Aegithalidae is a family of small passerine birds commonly known as long-tailed tits, found across Eurasia and characterized by their tiny size, long tails, and social flocking behavior.
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D.
Trochilidae
Trochilidae is the biological family of hummingbirds, a diverse group of small, nectar-feeding birds known for their rapid wingbeats and ability to hover in place.
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E.
Parulidae
Parulidae is a family of small, often brightly colored New World warblers known for their insectivorous diet and active, arboreal behavior.
- 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: Tityridae Target entity description: Tityridae is a family of New World suboscine passerine birds that includes tityras, becards, and related species, known for their varied vocalizations and predominantly forest-dwelling habits.
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A.
Cisticolidae
Cisticolidae is a family of small, often drab-colored passerine birds commonly known as cisticolas and their allies, found mainly in grasslands and savannas of the Old World tropics and subtropics.
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B.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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C.
Aegithalidae
Aegithalidae is a family of small passerine birds commonly known as long-tailed tits, found across Eurasia and characterized by their tiny size, long tails, and social flocking behavior.
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D.
Trochilidae
Trochilidae is the biological family of hummingbirds, a diverse group of small, nectar-feeding birds known for their rapid wingbeats and ability to hover in place.
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E.
Parulidae
Parulidae is a family of small, often brightly colored New World warblers known for their insectivorous diet and active, arboreal behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| breedingSite | trees ⓘ |
| clade | suboscines ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | tityras and allies ⓘ |
| communication |
calls
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| contains |
Iodopleura
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laniisoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Laniocera NERFINISHED ⓘ Pachyramphus NERFINISHED ⓘ Schiffornis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tityra NERFINISHED ⓘ Xenopsaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
insectivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | New World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingStratum |
canopy
ⓘ
midstory ⓘ |
| geographicZone | Neotropics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCommonNameGroup |
becards
ⓘ
mourners ⓘ purpletufts NERFINISHED ⓘ tityras ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | mostly resident ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Central America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South America NERFINISHED ⓘ southern North America ⓘ |
| nestType |
domed nests
ⓘ
open cup nests ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumagePattern | often contrasting black, white, and gray ⓘ |
| previouslyClassifiedIn |
Cotingidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tyrannidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reclassificationBasis |
molecular phylogenetic studies
ⓘ
morphological evidence ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
American Ornithological Society
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Ornithologists Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present in some species ⓘ |
| suborder | Tyranni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
canopy
ⓘ
forest edges ⓘ forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| vocalization | varied vocal repertoire ⓘ |
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: Tityridae Description of subject: Tityridae is a family of New World suboscine passerine birds that includes tityras, becards, and related species, known for their varied vocalizations and predominantly forest-dwelling habits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.