Yap Cicadabird | |
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Male | |
Information | |
Range | Yap, a small island cluster in the western Caroline Islands, and part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Passeriformes |
Family | Campephagidae |
Genus | Coracina |
Species | Coracina nesiotis |
The Yap cicadabird (Coracina nesiotis), is a species of cuckooshrike in the 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. It is sometimes considered to be a distinctive subspecies of the common cicadabird.