Grey-headed Cicadabird (Edolisoma schisticeps)

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.

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) [XC557673]
by Iain Woxvold from Frieda River Plains, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Grey-headed Cuckooshrike (Edolisoma schisticeps) [XC118389]
by Bas van Balen from Ekame Lodge, Elevala River, not far from Kiunga, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

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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