red-footed booby
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The red-footed booby is a tropical seabird known for its distinctive brightly colored feet, agile plunge-diving for fish and squid, and widespread breeding colonies across islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| red-footed boobies | 1 |
| red-footed booby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7873607 — 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-footed booby Context triple: [Abbott’s booby, hasRelative, red-footed booby]
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Abbott’s booby
Abbott’s booby is a large, endangered seabird known for its restricted breeding range on Australia’s remote Christmas Island and its distinctive black-and-white plumage.
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B.
Nazca booby
The Nazca booby is a large seabird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its striking white plumage with black markings, strong marine foraging behavior, and breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Galápagos.
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C.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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D.
Hawaiian petrel
The Hawaiian petrel is an endangered, nocturnal seabird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and nesting in remote high-elevation burrows.
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E.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
- 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-footed booby Target entity description: The red-footed booby is a tropical seabird known for its distinctive brightly colored feet, agile plunge-diving for fish and squid, and widespread breeding colonies across islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
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A.
Abbott’s booby
Abbott’s booby is a large, endangered seabird known for its restricted breeding range on Australia’s remote Christmas Island and its distinctive black-and-white plumage.
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B.
Nazca booby
The Nazca booby is a large seabird of the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its striking white plumage with black markings, strong marine foraging behavior, and breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Galápagos.
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C.
Laysan albatross
The Laysan albatross is a large, long-lived seabird of the North Pacific Ocean, known for its impressive wingspan, extensive oceanic migrations, and dense breeding colonies on remote islands such as those in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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D.
Hawaiian petrel
The Hawaiian petrel is an endangered, nocturnal seabird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, known for its long-distance oceanic flights and nesting in remote high-elevation burrows.
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E.
Cape cormorant
The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sula sula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-sized booby ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat |
coastal trees and shrubs
ⓘ
coral islands ⓘ oceanic islands ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | red-footed booby ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
squid ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sulidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | plunge-diving ⓘ |
| flightStyle |
soaring over the ocean
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strong flier ⓘ |
| foragingRange | far offshore from breeding colonies ⓘ |
| genus | Sula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
offshore marine waters
ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
brightly colored feet
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plunge-diving behavior ⓘ red feet ⓘ tropical seabird ⓘ |
| hasColonyType | large breeding colonies ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
powerful diver
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strong swimmer ⓘ |
| nestType |
shrub nests
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tree nests ⓘ |
| order | Suliformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentalCare | biparental incubation ⓘ |
| plumageMorph |
brown morph
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white morph ⓘ white-tailed brown morph ⓘ |
| plumageVariation | multiple color morphs ⓘ |
| relativeSize | smallest booby species ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays one egg per clutch ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | colonial nester ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
disturbance at breeding colonies
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entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ introduced predators on islands ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: red-footed booby Description of subject: The red-footed booby is a tropical seabird known for its distinctive brightly colored feet, agile plunge-diving for fish and squid, and widespread breeding colonies across islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
red-footed boobies