South Moluccan cicadabird explained

The south Moluccan cicadabird (Edolisoma amboinense) is a passerine bird in the family Campephagidae that is found on the islands of Buru, Ambon and Seram in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the common cicadabird, now renamed the Sahul cicadabird.

Taxonomy

The south Moluccan cicadabird was formally described in 1865 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub based on a specimen collected on the Indonesian island of Amboina Ambon in the Maluku Islands. He coined the binomial name Ceblepyris amboinense.[1] The south Moluccan cicadabird was formerly treated as conspecific with the common cicadabird (now renamed the Sahul cicadabird) (Edolisoma tenuirostre) but has been elevated to species status.[2] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Hartlaub . Gustav . Gustav Hartlaub . 1865 . Monographische Studien über die Gruppe der Campephaginen . Journal für Ornithologie . Latin, German . 13 . 75 . 153-173 [156] .
  2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, Mottled Berryhunter, ioras, cuckooshrikes . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 25 September 2024 .