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The Common Cicadabird also known as the Slender-billed Cicadabird, is a species of bird

Bird

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in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Australia

Australia

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, Indonesia

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, Micronesia

Micronesia

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, Palau

Palau

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, Papua New Guinea

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, and Solomon Islands

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. Its natural habitat

Habitat

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s are temperate forest

Forest

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s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The Cicadabird is also found in Sri Lanka

Subspecies

Numerous subspecies have been described, some of which are distinctive and often considered full species:

C. t. admiralitatis
C. t. amboiensis
C. t. aruensis
C. t. edithae
C. t. emancipata
C. t. erythropygia
C. t. grayi
C. t. heinrothi
C. t. insperata - Pohnpei Cicadabird
C. t. kalaotuae
C. t. kalaotuae
C. t. matthiae
C. t. melvillensis
C. t. meyerii
C. t. monacha - Palau Cicadabird
C. t. muellerii
C. t. nehrkorni
C. t. nesiotis – Yap Cicadabird
Yap Cicadabird
The Yap Cicadabird , sometimes considered to be a distinctive subspecies of the Common Cicadabird, is a species of bird in the Cuckooshrike, or Campephagidae, family. It is endemic to Yap, a small island cluster in the western Caroline Islands, and part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the...
C. t. nisoria
C. t. numforana
C. t. obiensis
C. t. pererrata
C. t. remota - Grey-capped Cicadabird
C. t. rooki
C. t. rostrata
C. t. salomonis - Makira Cicadabird or San Cristobal Cicadabird
C. t. saturatior
C. t. tagulana
C. t. tenuirostris
C. t. timoriensis
C. t. ultima

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