Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Solomon Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina holopolia) - HBW 10, p. 95
French: Échenilleur des Salomon
German: Salomonenraupenfänger
Spanish: Oruguero de las Salomón
Other common names: Solomon (Islands) Cicadabird, Black-bellied Cuckoo-shrike(!)/Cicadabird
Taxonomy: Graucaulus holopolius Sharpe, 1888, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- holopolia (Sharpe, 1888) - Solomon Is (Buka, Bougainville, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal).
- pygmaea (Mayr, 1931) - C Solomons (Kolombangara, New Georgia, Vangunu, Gatukai).
- tricolor (Mayr, 1931) - Malaita I (S Solomons).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A male in a tree looking around, climbing up and flying away. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp holopolia)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 3 -
A bird perched in a treetop, looking around. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp holopolia)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 2.8
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A male in a tree.
Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp holopolia)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2010 1 year ago 1.7
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Calls by one male. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp holopolia)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2010 1 year ago 4
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