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White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus(Linnaeus, 1771)
Native
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The white-breasted woodswallow is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia. The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows. Instead, they belong to the family Artamidae, which also includes butcherbirds, currawongs and the Australian magpie.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- AU, OR : Andaman Is., Indonesian Arch., Philippines, New Guinea region, north and east Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Palau (west Caroline Is., west Micronesia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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- May
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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