Sahul cicadabird
| Sahul cicadabird | |
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| File:Common Cicadabird - Crossroads Reserve - cropped.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Edolisoma |
| Species: | E. tenuirostre
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| Binomial name | |
| Edolisoma tenuirostre (Jardine, 1831)
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| Synonyms | |
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Coracina tenuirostris | |
The Sahul cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre), previously known as the common cicadabird or slender-billed cicadabird, is a species of passerine bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.[2] The species is placed in the reinstated genus Edolisoma by most authors.[3] The common cicadabird was described as a "great speciator" by Mayr & Diamond (2001);[4] and Pedersen et al. (2018)[3] described how this species rapidly colonized and diversified across the Indo-Pacific island region and Australia in the Pleistocene.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]Six subspecies are recognised:[5]
- E. t. nehrkorni Salvadori, 1890 – Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands, northwest of New Guinea; known from one specimen)
- E. t. aruense Sharpe, 1878 – Aru Islands (southwest of New Guinea) and southwest, central south New Guinea
- E. t. muellerii Salvadori, 1876 – Kofiau and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, northwest of New Guinea), New Guinea (except south), D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (east of southeast New Guinea), Long (west of New Britain) and Sakar (north of Umboi Island, west of New Britain; southwest Bismarck Archipelago)
- E. t. tagulanum Hartert, EJO, 1898 – Misima and Tagula Island (west, central Louisiade Archipelago, east of southeast New Guinea)
- E. t. melvillense (Mathews, 1912) – northeast Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula, northeast Queensland (north Australia)
- E. t. tenuirostre (Jardine, 1831) – central east Queensland to southeast Victoria (east Australia)
Under the name "common cicadabird" this species formerly included 21 subspecies. Based mainly on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018,[3] the species was split and seven new species were recognised. The new species are: the Rossel cicadabird, Geelvink cicadabird, Banggai cicadabird, Obi cicadabird, North Moluccan cicadabird, South Moluccan cicadabird and the Timor cicadabird.
Gallery
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Kobble Creek, southeast Queensland
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Adult male and juvenile, Rush Creek, southeast Queensland
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Crossroads Reserve, New South Wales
References
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External links
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- ABID Images
- On the HBW Internet Bird Collection
- Species factsheet Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine - BirdLife International
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