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Elanora Heights Primary School has researched

Endangered Australian Wildlife

as part of an Endangered Animals of the World project
organised by Cannelton Elementary School in Indiana, USA
and Primary School De Wadden of Haarlem, Netherlands.
Cicadabird
Melville Island Cicadabird
Drawn by Tom B and Anthony 5G

Common Name : Melville Island Cicadabird

Scientific Name : Coracina tenuirostris melvillensis

Habitat :
It lives in monsoon forests and mangrove swamps in the extreme north of Australia from Broome to the Macarthur River in Northern Territory and including Melville Island.

Diet :
It eats fruit and seeds and insects and their lavae.

Size :
It is about 250mm in length.

Danger :

It is a well camouflaged bird that is silent most of the year and makes cicada sounds in the breeding season. For this reason there may be more of them than we know of.

Researched by :

Tom B and Anthony 5G

Reference:

CD called "Wildinfo Australia"
Windows Version
Australian Endangered, Vulnerable and Extinct Fauna.
Designed and produced by "Good Thinking" (Australia) Pty Ltd
Distributer :
DATAWORKS
81 Eildon Parade,
Rowville, Victoria, 3178, Australia
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