Grey-capped Cicadabird (Edolisoma remotum) [XC32730]
by Todd Mark from 2 km N Gizo, Ghizo, Western Province, Solomon Islands (alarm from perch and in flight, pb)
Grey-capped Cicadabird (Edolisoma remotum) [XC173904]
by Phil Gregory from New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
remotum Sharpe, 1878 - Bismarck Archipelago. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre).
ultimum (Mayr, 1955) - Tabar, Lihir and Tanga Is. (Bismarck Arch.).
saturatius Rothschild & Hartert, 1902 - Northern and central Solomon Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre).
erythropygium Sharpe, 1888 - Southern Solomon Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre).