White-browed Woodswallow
Artamus superciliosus
Chunky bird with broad, triangular wings and short, decurved bill. Male dark gray above, dark orange-brown below, with dark gray face and throat and white eyebrow. Female similar in pattern but less richly colored. Whitish underwings contrast powerfully with dark underparts in flight. Often forages very high up in enormous flocks, sometimes mixed in with Masked Woodswallows.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Artamus superciliosus
- Authority
- (Gould, 1837)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Artamidae
- Genus
- Artamus
Range and habitat
The white-browed wood-swallow is found throughout Australia with higher concentrations in central New South Wales. According to the IUCN Redlist, wood-swallow are considered least of concern.
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
Other Birds
White-browed Crombec
Sylvietta leucophrys
Small, virtually tailless warbler of montane forest. The facial pattern is distinct, with a rufous-brown cap and eye-stripe and a contrasting white eyebrow and throat. Found in thick areas of montane humid forest, especially tangled undergrowth and vines. Sometimes joins mixed-species flocks. The song is a quiet series of up-and-down twitters. Chapin’s Crombec is very similar, but White-browed is easily separated by its broad white eyebrow.
Green-capped Tanager
Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei
Handsome tanager with a small range in the Andes of western Bolivia and southeastern Peru. It is pale with blue wings and tail, black mask, and buffy crown and vent. Similar to Burnished-buff Tanager, but has a duller, less rusty crown and is found at higher elevations. Inhabits lightly wooded areas and edge, avoiding areas of dense forest.
Bannerman's Shearwater
Puffinus bannermani
A small black-and-white shearwater with relatively broad wings and a long rounded tail. Underwing very white, contrasting with darker smudgy marks along the leading edge of the wing. Two dark smudge marks are often visible at the collar, extending down from the hood. Somewhat similar to Bryan’s Shearwater, but much larger, and white does not extend above the eye, creating a darker-faced appearance. Also lacks the distinctive rapidly fluttering flight of Bryan’s.
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