Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Sulawesi Cicadabird (Coracina morio) - HBW 10, p. 91
French: Échenilleur morio
German: Morioraupenfänger
Spanish: Oruguero de Célebes
Other common names: Sulawesi Cuckoo-shrike, Celebes/Mueller’s/Dark-grey Cicadabird
Taxonomy: Ceblepyris morio S. Müller, 1843, near Gorontalo and Tondano, north Sulawesi.
Forms a superspecies with C. mindanensis, C. ceramensis and C. incerta, and all sometimes considered conspecific. C. sula has sometimes been treated as a race of present species. Races salvadorii and talautensis sometimes included in C. tenuirostris, for no apparent valid reason. Nominate race varies clinally, with size of male’s black throat patch decreasing and paleness of female plumage increasing from N to S; birds from S Sulawesi often separated as race wiglesworthi, but populations with intermediate characters occur in parts of C.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with C. mindanensis, C. ceramensis and C. incerta, and all sometimes considered conspecific. C. sula has sometimes been treated as a race of present species. Races salvadorii and talautensis sometimes included in C. tenuirostris, for no apparent valid reason. Nominate race varies clinally, with size of male’s black throat patch decreasing and paleness of female plumage increasing from N to S; birds from S Sulawesi often separated as race wiglesworthi, but populations with intermediate characters occur in parts of C & SE Sulawesi. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- salvadorii (Sharpe, 1878) - Sangihe Is.
- talautensis (A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895) - Talaud Is (Karakelong, Salebabu, Kaburuang).
- morio (S. Müller, 1843) - N, C, S & SE Sulawesi, including smaller islands of Lembeh, Tobea, Kabaena, Muna, Buton.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A distant female perched high in a tall tree.
Locality Tapokolitang, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp morio)
David Beadle 12 October 2011 22 weeks ago 2.5
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