Common Cicadabird
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| Common Cicadabird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Coracina |
| Species: | C. tenuirostris |
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| Coracina tenuirostris (Jardine,1831) |
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The Common Cicadabird (Coracina tenuirostris), also known as the Slender-billed Cicadabird, is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
The Cicadabird is also found in Sri Lanka
[edit] Subspecies
Numerous subspecies have been described, some of which are distinctive and often considered full species:[2]
- C. t. admiralitatis
- C. t. amboiensis
- C. t. aruensis
- C. t. edithae
- C. t. emancipata
- C. t. erythropygia
- C. t. grayi
- C. t. heinrothi
- C. t. insperata - Pohnpei Cicadabird
- C. t. kalaotuae
- C. t. kalaotuae
- C. t. matthiae
- C. t. melvillensis
- C. t. meyerii
- C. t. monacha - Palau Cicadabird
- C. t. muellerii
- C. t. nehrkorni
- C. t. nesiotis – Yap Cicadabird
- C. t. nisoria
- C. t. numforana
- C. t. obiensis
- C. t. pererrata
- C. t. remota - Grey-capped Cicadabird
- C. t. rooki
- C. t. rostrata
- C. t. salomonis - Makira Cicadabird or San Cristobal Cicadabird
- C. t. saturatior
- C. t. tagulana
- C. t. tenuirostris
- C. t. timoriensis
- C. t. ultima
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International.
- ^ "Yap Cicadabird". Avibase. http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=85C0869124BA18B7. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
- BirdLife International 2004. Coracina tenuirostris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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