BirdUp · Species
Sahul Cicadabird
Edolisoma tenuirostre(Jardine, 1831)
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Edolisoma
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Sahul cicadabird, 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. The species is placed in the reinstated genus Edolisoma by most authors. The common cicadabird was described as a "great speciator" by Mayr & Diamond (2001); and Pedersen et al. (2018) described how this species rapidly colonized and diversified across the Indo-Pacific island region and Australia in the Pleistocene.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- New Guinea region, north and east Australia, and Bismarck Arch.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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