Yap cicadabird
Appearance
Yap cicadabird | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Campephagidae |
Genus: | Edolisoma |
Species: | E. nesiotis
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Binomial name | |
Edolisoma nesiotis | |
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The Yap cicadabird (Edolisoma nesiotis), sometimes considered to be a distinctive subspecies of the common cicadabird, is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is endemic to Yap, a small island cluster in the western Caroline Islands, and part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the dry tropical forest there.
External links
References
- ^ BirdLife International. 2017. Edolisoma nesiotis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103702640A110771678. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103702640A110771678.en. Downloaded on 03 July 2018.
- "Yap Cicadabird". Avibase. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
- "Yap tropical dry forest". The Encyclopedia of Earth. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2011-05-25.[permanent dead link]