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 LC    Great Woodswallow* Id (Atlas):
    Artamus maximus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Great Woodswallow, Greater Woodswallow, Giant Woodswallow, Papuan Woodswallow, New Guinea Woodswallow, Black-breasted Woodswallow

Family
Artamidae (Woodswallows And Butcherbirds)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Meyer, 1874

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Mountain ranges of New Guinea.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Like that of White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucoryn). Often a soft, penetrating 'cheep' during flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

 
Great Woodswallow (Artamus maximus) [XC38389]
     by Phil Gregory from 'Ambua Lodge', Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (song)

 
Great Woodswallow (Artamus maximus) [XC177789]
     by John V. Moore from Ambua, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (call, flight call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Ivory-backed Woodswallow (Artamus monachus) and White-backed Woodswallow (Artamus insignis).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Great Woodswallow (Artamus maximus) - 10 files


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