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Photo by rebelxt
Photographed: Adelaide, Australia

Artamus cyanopterus

[edit] Identification

• Deep brown-grey
• Dark blue grey wings with white edges
• White patch on outer wing
• Black tail has broad white tip
• Silver-white underwings
• Blue bill with black tip
• Dark brown iris

Juvenile

• Grey brown with buff and cream streaks and mottling

[edit] Distribution

Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Woodland and open forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects and nectar.

They nest colonially. The bowl shaped nest is built by both sexes from twigs, grass and roots, and is lined with fine grass. Both sexes incubate the eggs and care for the young.

[edit] References

Birds in Backyards

[edit] External Links