Sahul cicadabird

The Sahul cicadabird, previously known as the common cicadabird or slender-billed cicadabird, is a species of passerine bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist [lowland forest]. The species is placed in the reinstated genus Edolisoma by most authors. The common cicadabird was described as a "great speciator" by Mayr & Diamond ; and Pedersen et al. described how this species rapidly colonized and diversified across the Indo-Pacific island region and Australia in the Pleistocene.

Subspecies

Six subspecies are recognised:

E. t. nehrkorni Salvadori, 1890 – Waigeo
E. t. aruense Sharpe, 1878 – Aru Islands and southwest, central south New Guinea
E. t. muellerii Salvadori, 1876 – Kofiau and Misool, New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Long and Sakar
E. t. tagulanum Hartert, EJO, 1898 – Misima and Tagula Island
E. t. melvillense – northeast Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula, northeast Queensland
E. t. tenuirostre – central east Queensland to southeast Victoria

Under the name "common cicadabird" this species formerly included 21 subspecies. Based mainly on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018, the species was split and seven new species were recognised. The new species are: the Rossel cicadabird, Geelvink cicadabird, Banggai cicadabird, Obi cicadabird, North [Moluccan cicadabird], South Moluccan cicadabird and the Timor cicadabird.