Edolisoma tenuirostre
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The Sahul cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre), previously known as the common cicadabird or slender-billed cicadabird, is a species of passerine bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The species is placed in the reinstated genus Edolisoma by most authors. The common cicadabird was described as a "great speciator" by Mayr & Diamond (2001); and Pedersen et al. (2018) described how this species rapidly colonized and diversified across the Indo-Pacific island region and Australia in the Pleistocene. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Cicadabird sighting in Kakadu National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 155th most-seen of the 186 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Cicadabird in Kakadu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Kakadu National Park's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against almost none in August. February has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Cicadabird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Common Cicadabird sightings, Kakadu National Park ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Springbrook National Park (Australia, about 20%), Daintree National Park (Australia, about 10%) and Lamington National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Campephagidae
The closest relatives of the Common Cicadabird that you can see in Kakadu National Park (family Campephagidae, Cuckooshrikes) are White-bellied Cuckooshrike (about 60%), Varied Triller (about 40%) and Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Cicadabird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakadu National Park (20 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
