Biology:Malaita cicadabird

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Malaita cicadabird
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Edolisoma
Species:
E. tricolor
Binomial name
Edolisoma tricolor
Mayr, 1931
Synonyms
  • Edolisoma holopolium tricolor (protonym)
  • Coracina holopolium tricolor

The Malaita cicadabird (Edolisoma tricolor) is a passerine bird in the family Campephagidae that is endemic to the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Solomons cicadabird.

Taxonomy

The Malaita cicadabird was formally described in 1931 by the American ornithologist Ernst Mayr based on specimens collected on the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands archipelago during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Mayr considered his specimens to be from a subspecies of the Solomons cicadabird and coined the trinomial name Edolisoma holopolium tricolor.[1][2] The bird is now elevated to species rank based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 and the differences in plumage and vocalization.[3][4]

References

  1. Mayr, Ernst (1931). "Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. 17, The birds of Malaita Island (British Solomon Islands)". American Museum Novitates (504): 18. http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4238. 
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 192. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480867. 
  3. 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. Bibcode2018JBiog..45..826P. 
  4. 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. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/butcherbirds/. 

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