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