The common cicadabird, 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. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Jardine, W 1831)
Reference:
Edinb. J. Nat. Geogr. Sci.
n.s. 1 no.4 p.211
Protonym:
Gracaulus tenuirostris
Type locality:
'New Holland' = New South Wales.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20060#page/229/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
8921C46C65AC136D
Avibase ID:
avibase-8921C46C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8921C46C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178503
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Slender-billed Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Slender-billed Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Slender-billed Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Slender-billed Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Common Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Common Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Common Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Common Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Common Cicadabird ( Edolisoma tenuirostre) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Edolisoma [tenuirostre, admiralitatis, remotum or monacha]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
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