Pale Cicadabird (Edolisoma ceramense) [XC37836]
by id from Manusela National Park, Seram, Maluku, Indonesia (call)
Pale Cicadabird (Edolisoma ceramense) [XC127416]
by Mike Catsis from Seram: Trans-Seram Highway, just below pass towards Ambon, Indonesia (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-bibbed Cicadabird (Edolisoma mindanense), Sulawesi Cicadabird (Edolisoma morio) and Black-shouldered Cicadabird (Edolisoma incertum), and all sometimes considered conspecific. Validity of subspecies hoogerwerfei uncertain. Further study is needed.
Proposed subspecies marginata (from Buru and Boano) considered indistinguishable from nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
hoogerwerfi (Jany, 1955) - Obi I, in Moluccas.
ceramense (Bonaparte, 1850) - Buru, Seram and Boano I.