Seram Laut Is (Gorong, Manawoka, Maar, Panjang), Banda Is, Watubela Is (Tiur), Tayandu Is (Manggur), Kai Is, and eastern Lesser Sundas (Romang, Damar, Tanimbar).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Kai Cicadabird (Edolisoma dispar) [XC138935]
by id from Lakawahi area, southern peninsula, Romang Island, Indonesia (song)
Kai Cicadabird (Edolisoma dispar) [XC138936]
by Colin Trainor from Lakawahi area, southern peninsula, Romang Island, Indonesia (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes retained in the genus Edoliosoma. Forms a superspecies with Slender-billed Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre), Sumba Cicadabird (Edolisoma dohertyi), Sula Cicadabird (Edolisoma sula) and Makira Cicadabird (Edolisoma salomonis). Has been regarded as conspecific with Slender-billed Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre). Two individuals of present taxon collected in Seram Laut (Maar I) together with immature male evidently of Slender-billed Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre) (possibly of subspecies amboinensis), although identity of latter questionable. Considered better to treat present taxon as a separate species, pending resolution of the question of apparent sympatry on Maar.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet