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| − | + | [[Image:Ivory-backed_Woodswallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br>Dumoga Bone National Park, Sulawesi Utara, [[Indonesia]], September 2009]] | |
| − | + | '''Alternative name: White-backed Woodswallow; Hooded Woodswallow; Celebes Woodswallow''' | |
| − | [[Image:Ivory-backed_Woodswallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br> | ||
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;[[:Category:Artamus|Artamus]] monachus | ;[[:Category:Artamus|Artamus]] monachus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 19 - 20cm. | ||
| + | * Brownish-grey head and throat | ||
| + | * Black chin and lores | ||
| + | * Blackish-grey wings and tail | ||
| + | * White rest of plumage including mantle | ||
| + | * Dark brown eye | ||
| + | * Pale blue-grey bill with black tip | ||
| + | Sexes similar. Juveniles not yet described. | ||
| + | ====Similar species==== | ||
| + | [[White-breasted Woodswallow]] has dark-grey mantle and upperparts. [[Bismarck Woodswallow]] is darker and more contrasting and ranges don't overlap. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Sulawesi]], Banggai | + | Only found on [[Sulawesi]], Lembeh, Banggai Islands and the Sula Archipelago in [[Indonesia]].<br /> |
| + | Patchily distributed but locally common. Rarer than sympatric [[White-breasted Woodswallow]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Monotypic. | + | Monotypic.<br /> |
| + | May form a superspecies with [[White-breasted Woodswallow]], [[Great Woodswallow]] and [[Bismarck Woodswallow]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forest, openings and forest edges. Occurs from 200 - 2000m. Generally in more heavily wooded ares than [[White-breasted Woodswallow]]. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Feeds on insects. Soars and hawks over the canopy in groups of up to 20 birds.<br /> | ||
| + | One nest was recorded in late July in a tree. No other information about breeding. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Artamus+monachus}} | {{GSearch|Artamus+monachus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Artamus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Artamus]] | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 24 September 2010
Alternative name: White-backed Woodswallow; Hooded Woodswallow; Celebes Woodswallow
- Artamus monachus
Identification
19 - 20cm.
- Brownish-grey head and throat
- Black chin and lores
- Blackish-grey wings and tail
- White rest of plumage including mantle
- Dark brown eye
- Pale blue-grey bill with black tip
Sexes similar. Juveniles not yet described.
Similar species
White-breasted Woodswallow has dark-grey mantle and upperparts. Bismarck Woodswallow is darker and more contrasting and ranges don't overlap.
Distribution
Only found on Sulawesi, Lembeh, Banggai Islands and the Sula Archipelago in Indonesia.
Patchily distributed but locally common. Rarer than sympatric White-breasted Woodswallow.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
May form a superspecies with White-breasted Woodswallow, Great Woodswallow and Bismarck Woodswallow.
Habitat
Forest, openings and forest edges. Occurs from 200 - 2000m. Generally in more heavily wooded ares than White-breasted Woodswallow.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects. Soars and hawks over the canopy in groups of up to 20 birds.
One nest was recorded in late July in a tree. No other information about breeding.
