Edolisoma dohertyi
The Pale-shouldered Cicadabird (Edolisoma dohertyi) is a striking passerine endemic to Sulawesi and its satellite islands, belonging to the Campephagidae family, known as cuckooshrikes and cicadabirds. Males are sleek and uniformly dark grey to black, reaching about 20-22 cm in length and weighing around 40-50 grams, while females exhibit a more intricate plumage with heavily barred underparts of white and black, providing a distinct sexual dimorphism. Both sexes share the species' most defin...
This species primarily inhabits moist lowland and montane tropical forests, preferring the canopy and sub-canopy layers of primary and mature secondary woodlands, typically found from sea level up to 1,500 meters in elevation.
Its diet consists primarily of insects, including cicadas, caterpillars, beetles, and other arthropods, which it gleans from foliage and branches or catches in flight.
The Pale-shouldered Cicadabird is a diurnal species, often observed alone or in pairs, though it may occasionally join mixed-species foraging flocks in the mid-canopy. It employs an active foraging strategy, gleaning insects and larvae from foliage and branches, and sometimes sallying out to catc...
The Pale-shouldered Cicadabird is strictly endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and several of its offshore satellite islands. Its primary distribution covers the main island of Sulawesi, where it can be found in suitable forest habitats across various provinces, including North, Central...
Least Concern
- The Pale-shouldered Cicadabird is endemic to the Wallacea biogeographical region, a zone of high biodiversity and unique evolutionary history. - Its scientific name honors William Doherty, a 19th-century American entomologist and collector who worked extensively in Southeast Asia. - This specie...