woodswallow

English

White-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucoryn)

Etymology

From wood +‎ swallow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

woodswallow (plural woodswallows)

1. Any of the genus Artamus, soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds.

Derived terms

• ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
• Bismarck woodswallow (Artamus insignis)
• black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
• dusky woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
• Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
• giant woodswallow, great woodswallow, greater woodswallow (Artamus maximus))
• ivory-backed woodswallow (Artamus monachus)
• little woodswallow (Artamus minor)
• masked woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
• New Guinea woodswallow (Artamus maximus)
• white-backed woodswallow (Artamus insignis)
• white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
• white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus)

References

• “woodswallow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• woodswallow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Artamidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Artamidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons