Aegithalos
E728415
Aegithalos is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as long-tailed tits, found across Eurasia in woodland and scrub habitats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aegithalos canonical | 1 |
| Aegithalos caudatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8341930 — 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: Aegithalos Context triple: [Aegithalidae, includesGenus, Aegithalos]
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A.
Periparus
Periparus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tit family, comprising several species of tits found across Eurasia and parts of North Africa.
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B.
Eumyias
Eumyias is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as blue flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of South and Southeast Asia.
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C.
Malurus
Malurus is a genus of small, often brightly colored Australasian songbirds commonly known as fairywrens.
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D.
Cicinnurus
Cicinnurus is a genus of birds-of-paradise known for their vividly colored plumage and elaborate courtship displays.
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E.
Copsychus
Copsychus is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as shamas, noted for their melodious songs and found primarily in Asia and parts of Africa.
- 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: Aegithalos Target entity description: Aegithalos is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as long-tailed tits, found across Eurasia in woodland and scrub habitats.
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A.
Periparus
Periparus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tit family, comprising several species of tits found across Eurasia and parts of North Africa.
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B.
Eumyias
Eumyias is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as blue flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of South and Southeast Asia.
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C.
Malurus
Malurus is a genus of small, often brightly colored Australasian songbirds commonly known as fairywrens.
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D.
Cicinnurus
Cicinnurus is a genus of birds-of-paradise known for their vividly colored plumage and elaborate courtship displays.
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E.
Copsychus
Copsychus is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as shamas, noted for their melodious songs and found primarily in Asia and parts of Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| behavior | passerine ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | long-tailed tits ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Aegithalos bonvaloti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aegithalos caudatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos concinnus NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos exilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos fuliginosus NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos iouschistos NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos leucogenys NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos niveogularis NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos robustus NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegithalos sharpei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Carl Ludwig Koch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm Brehm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1850 ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologyLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| etymologyMeaning | a kind of small bird ⓘ |
| family | Aegithalidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingStratum |
canopy
ⓘ
understory ⓘ |
| habitat |
scrub
ⓘ
woodland ⓘ |
| hasFeatherColor |
black
ⓘ
brown ⓘ pinkish ⓘ white ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | mostlyResident ⓘ |
| nestLocation |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| nestType | domed nest ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Aegithalos caudatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aegithalos concinnus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Passeriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Aegithalidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior | cooperativeBreeding ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
formsFlocks
ⓘ
gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Aegithalos caudatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize | small ⓘ |
| typicalTailLength | long ⓘ |
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: Aegithalos Description of subject: Aegithalos is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as long-tailed tits, found across Eurasia in woodland and scrub habitats.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aegithalos caudatus