Central QLD Coast Landcare Network

Cicadabird

Coracina tenuirostris


 

Habitat – canopy of rainforests, eucalypt forests, woodlands, paperbarks and mangroves. Wary, movements quick, forages in canopy. Distinctive harsh call a repeated descending cicada-like buzz repeated 8 to 20+ times.

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Pizzey & Knight
Classifications: Bird, forest and grassland
Family: Campephagidae
Information sources: Photo taken at Cape Hillsborough by Marlis Schoeb