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, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[2]
Adult male and juvenile, Rush Creek, south-east Queensland
Subspecies[edit]
Numerous subspecies have been described, some of which are distinctive and often considered full species:[3]
- C. t. admiralitatis (Manus cicadabird)
- 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 (frey-capped cicadabird)
- C. t. rooki
- C. t. rostrata
- C. t. saturatior
- C. t. tagulana
- C. t. tenuirostris
- C. t. timoriensis
- C. t. ultima
References[edit]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Coracina tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BirdLife International.
- ^ "Yap Cicadabird". Avibase. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
External links[edit]
- ABID Images
- On the HBW Internet Bird Collection
- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
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