Common cicadabird

Common cicadabird

Slender-billed cicadabird

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SPECIES
Edolisoma tenuirostre

The common cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre ), also known as the slender-billed cicadabird, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. 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.

Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Seasonal behavior
Bird's call

Diet and Nutrition

Population

References

1. Common cicadabird Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cicadabird
2. Common cicadabird on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103702470/118729711
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/629339

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