Cyornis
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Cyornis is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as blue flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cyornis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7912194 — 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: Cyornis Context triple: [Muscicapidae, contains, Cyornis]
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A.
Horornis
Horornis is a genus of small Old World warblers in the family Cettiidae, comprising several skulking, insectivorous songbird species found mainly in Asia and the Pacific.
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B.
Machaeropterus
Machaeropterus is a genus of small Neotropical passerine birds known as manakins, found in forested regions of Central and South America.
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C.
Mixornis
Mixornis is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as babblers, found in forested and scrub habitats across parts of South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Coracias
Coracias is a genus of brightly colored, insect-eating birds commonly known as rollers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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E.
Auriparus
Auriparus is a small genus of passerine birds in the family Remizidae, best known for the verdin, a tiny insectivorous songbird of arid regions in North America.
- 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: Cyornis Target entity description: Cyornis is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as blue flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of Asia.
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A.
Horornis
Horornis is a genus of small Old World warblers in the family Cettiidae, comprising several skulking, insectivorous songbird species found mainly in Asia and the Pacific.
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B.
Machaeropterus
Machaeropterus is a genus of small Neotropical passerine birds known as manakins, found in forested regions of Central and South America.
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C.
Mixornis
Mixornis is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as babblers, found in forested and scrub habitats across parts of South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Coracias
Coracias is a genus of brightly colored, insect-eating birds commonly known as rollers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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E.
Auriparus
Auriparus is a small genus of passerine birds in the family Remizidae, best known for the verdin, a tiny insectivorous songbird of arid regions in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | blue flycatchers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Cyornis banyumas
NERFINISHED
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Cyornis brunneatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis caerulatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis camarinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis colonus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis concretus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis glaucicomans NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis hainanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis herioti NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis hoevelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis lemniscatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis lemprieri NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis magnirostris NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis nicobaricus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis olivaceus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis omissus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis oscillans NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis pallipes NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis poliogenys NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis rubeculoides NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis ruckii NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis ruficauda NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis ruficrissa NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis rufigastra NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis sanfordi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis superbus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis tickelliae NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis turcosus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis unicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyornis whitei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Muscicapidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Edward Blyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1843 ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
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woodlands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek word "kuanos" meaning dark blue ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eumyiasinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cyornis Description of subject: Cyornis is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as blue flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.