The Solomons cicadabird (''Edolisoma holopolium''), also known as Solomons cuckooshrike and black-bellied cicadabird, is a species of

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in the family Campephagidae. It is found in the north and central islands of the

Solomon Islands archipelago The Solomon Islands (archipelago) is an island group in the western South Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia. The archipelago is in the Melanesian subregion and bioregion of Oceania and forms the eastern boundary of the Solomon Sea. Th ...

. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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s. It is threatened by

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. It was formerly considered to be

conspecific Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species. Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organism ...

with the

Malaita cicadabird The Malaita cicadabird (''Edolisoma tricolor'') is a passerine bird in the family Campephagidae that is endemic to the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Solomons cicadabird ...

(''Edolisoma tricolor'').

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Solomons cuckooshrike Birds of Bougainville Island Birds of the Solomon Islands

Solomons cicadabird The Solomons cicadabird (''Edolisoma holopolium''), also known as Solomons cuckooshrike and black-bellied cicadabird, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in the north and central islands of the Solomon Islands archipel ...

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