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Black-faced woodswallow
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) is a woodswallow of the genus Artamus native to Australia, New Guinea and the Sunda Islands, including Timor.[2] It is 18–19 cm (7.1–7.5 in) long and is the most widespread species in the family Artamidae. Woodswallows have a soft call with chiff, chap and chattering calls which can include vocal mimicry
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Black-faced woodswallow | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Artamidae |
Genus: | Artamus |
Species: | A. cinereus |
Binomial name | |
Artamus cinereus Vieillot, 1817 | |
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An image showing the Indonesian archipelago and Australia (Oceania), with green highlighting the distribution of the Black-faced woodswallow. |
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Increased vegetation due to inappropriate fire regimes has caused the woodswallows numbers to decline since 1993 in the Cape York Peninsula.[3]