Biology:Yap cicadabird
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Short description: Species of bird
| Yap cicadabird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Edolisoma |
| Species: | E. nesiotis
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| Edolisoma nesiotis (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)
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The Yap cicadabird (Edolisoma nesiotis), sometimes considered to be a distinctive subspecies of the common cicadabird, is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae.
It is endemic to Yap, a small island cluster in the western Caroline Islands, and part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. The indigenous name in the Yapese language can be spelled either as "Oschang" or "Qœschæng".
It inhabits the dry tropical forest there. The species displays sexual dimorphism, with the females a brownish color and the males a darker shade of blue or purple.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International. (2017). "Edolisoma nesiotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103702640A110771678.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103702640/110771678. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- "Yap Cicadabird". Avibase. https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=85C0869124BA18B7.
- "Yap tropical dry forest". The Encyclopedia of Earth. 2006-12-06. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Yap_tropical_dry_forest.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2960971 entry
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