Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic note
Edolisoma holopolium and E. pygmaeum (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Coracina holopolia following Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
high |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
49 g |
Population justification: The population size has not been directly quantified, but the pre-split species was described as ‘rather scarce’ on these islands (del Hoyo et al. 2005, G. Dutson in litt. 2016).
Trend justification: Suspected to be declining owing to forest loss and degradation. In the three generations (12.3 years; Bird et al. 2020) to 2021, remote sensing data indicate that 10-12% of forest was lost in this species' range (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein) and this may accelerate slightly (to an equivalent rate of 13-15%) in the future based on losses in 2016-2021, although its tolerance of logged and degraded forest is poorly known. The current rate of decline is therefore placed in the range 1-15%.
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Georgia Cicadabird Edolisoma pygmaeum. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-georgia-cicadabird-edolisoma-pygmaeum on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.