White-browed Woodswallow
Photo · (c) Lachlan Copeland, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

BirdUp · Species

White-browed Woodswallow

Artamus superciliosus(Gould, 1837)

Endemic
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Artamidae
Genus
Artamus
Commonness
Endemic
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The white-browed woodswallow is a medium-sized (~19 cm) passerine bird endemic to Australia. 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. The females are paler then the males. The white-browed woodswallow has a bifurcated (divided) tongue like most woodswallows.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
North-east WA to north-east QLC and south to south-east SA and VIC (central and east Australia)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
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  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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