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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Artamidae |
Genus: | Artamus |
Species: | A. superciliosus
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Binomial name | |
Artamus superciliosus (
Gould, 1837)
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The white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) is a medium-sized (~19 cm) passerine bird endemic to Australia. [2] The white-browed woodswallow has very distinctive plumage consisting of white brow over a black head with the upper body being a deep blue-grey and with a chestnut under body. [2] The females are paler then the males. [3] The white-browed woodswallow has a bifurcated (divided) tongue like most woodswallows. [4]
White-browed woodswallows are highly nomadic travelling in pairs to flocks from hundred to thousands of birds. [4] They often wander irregularly around inland Australia, usually heading north for winter in the Northern Territory and central Queensland, and south in spring for nesting. [3] White-browed woodswallows regularly associate with flocks of the masked woodswallow Artamus personatus. [4]
The white-browed wood-swallow is found throughout Australia with higher concentrations in central New South Wales. [3] According to the IUCN Redlist, wood-swallow are considered least of concern. [5]
They inhabit margins of rainforests, woodlands, inland/coastal scrubs, golf courses, vineyards, suburban streets and arid areas of Australia. [2] They make a ‘tchip-tchip’ call similar to masked woodswallows. [3] [2]
Breeding occurs between August and December or after rain. [2] The species nests in shrubs, forks of trees, hollow stumps or posts, the nest is usually made of twigs, grass and rootlets. [3] [2] The eggs are white/grey, spotted, or blotched brown-grey. [2] A clutch will usually consist of 2 to 3 eggs. [2]
White-browed woodswallows feed on nectar when blossoms are available but mainly feed on insects. [2]
White-browed woodswallow | |
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male with spider | |
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female with spider | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Artamidae |
Genus: | Artamus |
Species: | A. superciliosus
|
Binomial name | |
Artamus superciliosus (
Gould, 1837)
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The white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) is a medium-sized (~19 cm) passerine bird endemic to Australia. [2] The white-browed woodswallow has very distinctive plumage consisting of white brow over a black head with the upper body being a deep blue-grey and with a chestnut under body. [2] The females are paler then the males. [3] The white-browed woodswallow has a bifurcated (divided) tongue like most woodswallows. [4]
White-browed woodswallows are highly nomadic travelling in pairs to flocks from hundred to thousands of birds. [4] They often wander irregularly around inland Australia, usually heading north for winter in the Northern Territory and central Queensland, and south in spring for nesting. [3] White-browed woodswallows regularly associate with flocks of the masked woodswallow Artamus personatus. [4]
The white-browed wood-swallow is found throughout Australia with higher concentrations in central New South Wales. [3] According to the IUCN Redlist, wood-swallow are considered least of concern. [5]
They inhabit margins of rainforests, woodlands, inland/coastal scrubs, golf courses, vineyards, suburban streets and arid areas of Australia. [2] They make a ‘tchip-tchip’ call similar to masked woodswallows. [3] [2]
Breeding occurs between August and December or after rain. [2] The species nests in shrubs, forks of trees, hollow stumps or posts, the nest is usually made of twigs, grass and rootlets. [3] [2] The eggs are white/grey, spotted, or blotched brown-grey. [2] A clutch will usually consist of 2 to 3 eggs. [2]
White-browed woodswallows feed on nectar when blossoms are available but mainly feed on insects. [2]