Common Cicadabird

Common Cicadabird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Coracina
Species: C. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Coracina tenuirostris
(Jardine,1831)

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, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]

The Cicadabird is also found in Sri Lanka

Subspecies

Numerous subspecies have been described, some of which are distinctive and often considered full species:[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International.
  2. ^ "Yap Cicadabird". Avibase. http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=85C0869124BA18B7. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 

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