Calidris
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Calidris is a genus of small to medium-sized migratory shorebirds, commonly known as sandpipers, found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Calidris canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11017145 — 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: Calidris Context triple: [dunlin, genus, Calidris]
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A.
Calidris mauri
Calidris mauri is a small migratory shorebird of the sandpiper family that breeds in Arctic North America and winters along the coasts of the Americas.
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B.
Charadrii
Charadrii is a suborder of shorebirds that includes plovers, oystercatchers, and related wading species typically found in coastal and wetland habitats.
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C.
Phalaropus
Phalaropus is a small genus of specialized shorebirds known as phalaropes, which exhibit unusual reversed sexual dimorphism and often spin on the water to stir up food.
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D.
Charadrius
Charadrius is a genus of small to medium-sized plovers, shorebirds commonly found along coasts and wetlands worldwide.
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E.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
- 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: Calidris Target entity description: Calidris is a genus of small to medium-sized migratory shorebirds, commonly known as sandpipers, found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
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A.
Calidris mauri
Calidris mauri is a small migratory shorebird of the sandpiper family that breeds in Arctic North America and winters along the coasts of the Americas.
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B.
Charadrii
Charadrii is a suborder of shorebirds that includes plovers, oystercatchers, and related wading species typically found in coastal and wetland habitats.
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C.
Phalaropus
Phalaropus is a small genus of specialized shorebirds known as phalaropes, which exhibit unusual reversed sexual dimorphism and often spin on the water to stir up food.
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D.
Charadrius
Charadrius is a genus of small to medium-sized plovers, shorebirds commonly found along coasts and wetlands worldwide.
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E.
Charadriidae
Charadriidae is a family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including plovers and lapwings, commonly found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName |
peeps
ⓘ
sandpipers ⓘ stints ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of small to medium-sized migratory shorebirds ⓘ |
| diet | aquatic invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | shoreline invertebrate predator ⓘ |
| family | Scolopacidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | probing in mud or sand for invertebrates ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal habitats
ⓘ
wetland habitats ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Calidris acuminata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Calidris alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris alpina NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris bairdii NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris canutus NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris ferruginea NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris fuscicollis NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris himantopus NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris maritima NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris mauri NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris melanotos NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris minuta NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris ptilocnemis NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris pugnax NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris pusilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris ruficollis NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris subruficollis NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris temminckii NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris tenuirostris NERFINISHED ⓘ Calidris virgata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | long-distance migrant ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesCommonName |
Baird’s sandpiper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dunlin NERFINISHED ⓘ least sandpiper NERFINISHED ⓘ purple sandpiper NERFINISHED ⓘ red knot ⓘ sanderling NERFINISHED ⓘ semipalmated sandpiper NERFINISHED ⓘ western sandpiper NERFINISHED ⓘ white-rumped sandpiper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Charadriiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Scolopacidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | ground-nesting ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalBreedingRegion | Arctic and subarctic regions GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalNonBreedingRegion | coastal areas on multiple continents GENERATED ⓘ |
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: Calidris Description of subject: Calidris is a genus of small to medium-sized migratory shorebirds, commonly known as sandpipers, found in coastal and wetland habitats worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.