Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Pale Cicadabird (Coracina ceramensis) - HBW 10, p. 91

French: Échenilleur pâle German: Blassraupenfänger Spanish: Oruguero Pálido
Other common names: Moluccan/Pale-grey Cicadabird

Taxonomy: G[raucalus] ceramensis Bonaparte, 1850, Seram, Moluccas.
Forms a superspecies with C. mindanensis, C. morio and C. incerta, and all sometimes considered conspecific. Validity of race hoogerwerfei uncertain; further study needed. Proposed race marginata (from Buru and Boano) considered indistinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • hoogerwerfei (Jany, 1955) - Obi I, in Moluccas.
  • ceramensis (Bonaparte, 1850) - Buru, Seram and Boano I.

  • Least Concern
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