Common Cicadabird

Common Cicadabird

Edolisoma tenuirostre

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kosciuszko National Park

In 3 days ~10%

9 Verified sightings at Kosciuszko National Park From 2019 to 2026
710 In all 10 parks
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Common Cicadabird

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 →

Sounds

Song0:15

Australia · 2025

© Marc Anderson · XC1088937 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:27

Australia · 2025

© Peter Boesman · XC1066550 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:17

Papua New Guinea · 2000

© Phil Gregory · XC800937 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
2 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
3 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
8 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
9 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
2 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Cicadabird in Kosciuszko National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Cicadabird sighting in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 127 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Common Cicadabird in Kosciuszko National Park?

December

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Cicadabird in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and July–November, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Common Cicadabird?

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.

Is Kosciuszko National Park the best place to see a Common Cicadabird?

7th of 10

Of the 10 parks where we can rate Common Cicadabird sightings, Kosciuszko National Park ranks 7th 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%).

Where does the Common Cicadabird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Cicadabird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kosciuszko National Park (9 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.

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