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 LC    White-browed Woodswallow* Id (Atlas): 545
    Artamus superciliosus Endemic

Description (10)
Image of White-browed Woodswallow (Male)
 

Other Names (World)
White-browed Woodswallow, White-eyebrowed Woodswallow, Bluey, Cherry-bird, Four-year-bird, Skimmer, Summerbird, Sky Summerbird

Family
Artamidae (Woodswallows And Butcherbirds)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1837)

Derivation
Ar'-tam-us - Gk, artamos, butcher: su-per-cil-i-ös'-us - L., browed

Abundance (Guide)
LA - MC

Common. Highly nomadic.

Habitat
Open eucalypt woodlands and, less often, forests, often riparian associations, and grasslands with sparsely scattered shrubs and few or no trees, including farmland and other agricultural lands.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Vagrant to New Zealand.

Image of Range of White-browed Woodswallow
Australia generally, except Cape York Peninsula and the extreme south-west. Rare in Tasmania.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs, small parties, or especially during migration, large flocks.

Food
Invertebrates, mainly insects. Also nectar and occasionally fruit.

Voice
A musical 'chap chap'. Sweet, miner-like notes. Rattling scolds. Song includes mimicry.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

 
White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) [XC148657]
     by Marc Anderson from Nombinnie Nature Reserve, Euabalong, New South Wales, Australia (call)

 
White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) [XC393405]
     by Frank Lambert from Euabalong, Cobar Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (call, song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
August - December or after rain.

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Nest
A frail, open, shallow structure, composed of dried grasses and thin twigs, generally in a bush, tree or cleft in a stump.

Eggs (Guide)
2 or 3; white with purple-brown and grey blotches concentrated at the larger end; oval; about 22 x 17 mm. Incubation: about 12 days; by both sexes.

Young
Fledge in about 13 - 15 days. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Closest to Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus).

Similar Species
Juvenile with juvenile Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus).


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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