Grey-capped cicadabird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Campephagidae |
Genus: | Edolisoma |
Species: | E. remotum
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Binomial name | |
Edolisoma remotum Sharpe, 1878
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The grey-capped cicadabird or Melanesian cicadabird (Edolisoma remotum) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago. It was previously considered conspecific with the common cicadabird (E. tenuirostre).
There are 5 subspecies recognized:[2]
The subspecies E. r. nisorium was formerly classified within the common cicadabird, but this classification was found to be erroneous by the International Ornithological Congress in 2022.[3]
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.