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 LC    Grey-headed Cicadabird* Id (Atlas):
    Edolisoma schisticeps

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Grey-headed Cicadabird, Gray-headed Cicadabird, Grey-headed Cuckooshrike, Grey-headed Cuckoo-shrike, Gray's Cuckoo-shrike, New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike, Slaty Cuckoo-shrike, Black-tipped Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
21 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

 
Grey-headed Cuckooshrike (Edolisoma schisticeps) [XC87649]
     by Niels Poul Dreyer from Dablin Creek, Tabubil, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

 
Grey-headed Cuckooshrike (Edolisoma schisticeps) [XC121878]
     by Bas van Balen from Mile 45, Freeport, Papua, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • schisticeps (Gray, 1846)   -  Misool I and north-western New Guinea (east to head of Geelvink Bay and Etna Bay; possibly also western Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta).
  • reichenowi Neumann, 1917   -  Northern New Guinea from Geelvink Bay east to Sepik Valley.
  • poliopsa Sharpe, 1882   -  Southern New Guinea from R Kaspare east to Astrolabe Mts.
  • vittatum (Rothschild and Hartert, 1914)   -  D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Goodenough I, FergusonI).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Grey-headed Cicadabird (Edolisoma schisticeps) - 10 files


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