Little Woodswallow
Photo · (c) Tony Eales, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

BirdUp · Species

Little Woodswallow

Artamus minorVieillot, 1817

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Artamidae
Genus
Artamus
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The little woodswallow, is a bird patchily distributed over much of mainland Australia, avoiding only the driest deserts and the area within about 300 kilometres of the southern coastline, and showing a preference for rugged terrain around inland ranges.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Australia (except south, Tasmania)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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