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Yap cicadabird

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Yap cicadabird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Edolisoma
Species:
E. nesiotis
Binomial name
Edolisoma nesiotis
(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Coracina nesiotis
  • Campephaga nesiotis
  • Coracina tenuirostris nesiotis

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.

References

  1. ^ 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]