The Sangihe cicadabird (Edolisoma salvadorii) is a passerine bird in the family Campephagidae that is endemic to the island of Sangir, also written as "Sangihe", and the Talaud Islands. These islands lie northeast of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Sulawesi cicadabird.

Sangihe cicadabird
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Edolisoma
Species:
E. salvadorii
Binomial name
Edolisoma salvadorii
Sharpe, 1878

Taxonomy

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The Sangihe cicadabird was formally described in 1878 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe based on specimens collected by Adolf Bernhard Meyer on the island of Sangir, also spelled "Sangihe", which lies north of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Sharpe coined the binomial name Edoliisoma salvadorii where the specific epithet was chosen to honour the Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori.[1][2] The Sangihe cicadabird was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Sulawesi cicadabird (Edolisoma morio). It was elevated to species status based on the difference in the female plumage and the genetic divergence.[3][4]

Two subspecies are recognised:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1878). "On the collections of birds made by Dr. Meyer during his expedition to New Guinea and some neighbouring islands". Mittheilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden. 3: 349–372 [367].
  2. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 187.
  3. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, Mottled Berryhunter, ioras, cuckooshrikes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  4. ^ Pedersen, M.P.; Irestedt, M.; Joseph, L.; Rahbek, C.; Jønsson, K.A. (2018). "Phylogeography of a 'great speciator' (Aves: Edolisoma tenuirostre) reveals complex dispersal and diversification dynamics across the Indo-Pacific". Journal of Biogeography. 45 (4): 826–837. doi:10.1111/jbi.13182.