About the Sahul Cicadabird
The Sahul cicadabird, previously known as the common cicadabird or slender-billed cicadabird, is a species of passerine bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. 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.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Solomon Islands.
When to see it
Peak activity in November · a summer visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Pale CicadabirdEdolisoma ceramenseThe pale cicadabird is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
Black-bibbed CicadabirdEdolisoma mindanenseThe black-bibbed cicadabird or black-bibbed cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
New Caledonian CuckooshrikeEdolisoma analeThe New Caledonian cuckooshrike or New Caledonian cicadabird is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
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