- Yap Cicadabird
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Common Cicadabird Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Campephagidae Genus: Coracina Species: C. nesiotis Binomial name Coracina nesiotis
(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)Synonyms - Campephaga nesiotis
- Coracina tenuirostris nesiotis
The Yap Cicadabird (Coracina nesiotis), 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 western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the dry tropical forests there.
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References
- "Yap Cicadabird". Avibase. http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=85C0869124BA18B7. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
- "Yap tropical dry forests". The Encyclopedia of Earth. 2006-12-06. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Yap_tropical_dry_forests. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
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