Sunday, November 17, 2013

>Coracina tenuirostris (Common Cicadabird)

Common Cicadabird


Common Cicadabird
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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.

Photographed at Kobble Creek, SE Queensland, Australia
Adult male & juvenile, Rush Creek, SE Queensland
The Cicadabird is also found in Sri Lanka


Subspecies
Numerous subspecies have been described, some of which are distinctive and often considered full species:
  • 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 - Grey-capped Cicadabird
  • C. t. rooki
  • C. t. rostrata
  • C. t. saturatior
  • C. t. tagulana
  • C. t. tenuirostris
  • C. t. timoriensis
  • C. t. ultima

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