Genus: Artamus
Description
Woodswallows.
An uniform genus, occuring from Australia to Southeast and South Asia. They share:
- A squat silhouette
- A short tail
- Long pointed wings
- A conical broad-based blue-grey bill with a black tip
- Tracts of continuously growing powder-down feathers
- They eat mainly insects which are taken on wing
Taxonomy
Artamus is a genus in the family Artamidae.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A. fuscus | Ashy Woodswallow | ||
| A. mentalis | Fiji Woodswallow | ||
| A. monachus | Ivory-backed Woodswallow | ||
| A. maximus | Great Woodswallow | ||
| A. leucorynchus | White-breasted Woodswallow | ||
| A. insignis | Bismarck Woodswallow | ||
| A. personatus | Masked Woodswallow | ||
| A. superciliosus | White-browed Woodswallow | ||
| A. cinereus | Black-faced Woodswallow | ||
| A. cyanopterus | Dusky Woodswallow | ||
| A. minor | Little Woodswallow | ||
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Artamus. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Artamus
Pages in category ‘Artamus’
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
