Woodswallows
Artamus
Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. There is a single genus, Artamus, The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae in an expanded family Artamidae, which includes the butcherbirds and Australian magpie, or as the only genus in that family. The generic name, which in turn gives rise to the family name, is derived from the Ancient Greek artamos, meaning butcher or murder. The name was given due to their perceived similarity to shrikes, indeed...
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
White-breasted Woodswallow
speciesArtamus leucorynchus
Dusky Woodswallow
speciesArtamus cyanopterus
Ashy Woodswallow
speciesArtamus fuscus
Black-faced Woodswallow
speciesArtamus cinereus
White-browed Woodswallow
speciesArtamus superciliosus
Masked Woodswallow
speciesArtamus personatus
Little Woodswallow
speciesArtamus minor
Fiji Woodswallow
speciesArtamus mentalis
Ivory-backed Woodswallow
speciesArtamus monachus
Great Woodswallow
speciesArtamus maximus
Masked × White-browed Woodswallow
hybridArtamus personatus × superciliosus
Bismarck Woodswallow
speciesArtamus insignis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8073.