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Edolisoma

Edolisoma is a genus of birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae that are native to the Central Indo-Pacific region, Australia and New Guinea.

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Edolisoma
Common cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Edolisoma
Pucheran, 1853
Type species
Campephaga marescotii1
Gray, 18462
Species

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Edolisoma is a genus of birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae that are native to the Central Indo-Pacific region, Australia and New Guinea.

Taxonomy

These species were previously placed in the genus Coracina. They were moved to the resurrected genus Edolisoma based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010.34

The genus Edolisoma was introduced in 1853 by the French zoologist Jacques Pucheran with the type species as Campephaga marescotii Gray, 1846.5 This is now considered to be a junior synonym of Lanius melas Lesson, 1828, the black cicadabird.67 The name of the genus is derived from the genus Edolius that had been introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816.8

Species

The genus contains the following 31 species:4

References

References

  1. "Campephagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Gregory M. Mathews (1927). Systema avium Australasianarum = A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. British Ornithologists' Union. p. 543.
  3. Jønsson, K.A.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Christidis, L.; Norman, J.A.; Fjeldså, J. (2010). "Biogeographical history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua". Journal of Biogeography. 37 (9): 1767–1781. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37.1767J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02328.x. S2CID 52105369.
  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. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. Pucheran, Jacques (1853). Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée [execute par ordre du roi] pendant les annees 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville, Captaine de vaisseau. Zoologie (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: Gide et J. Baudry. p. 69.
  6. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 168.
  7. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  8. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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