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Revision as of 01:14, 9 November 2019
Family: Artamidae
Description
Woodswallows.
An uniform family, occuring from Australia to Southeast and South Asia. They share:
- A squat silhouette
- A short tail
- Long pointed wings
- A conical broad-based blue-grey bill with a black tip
- Tracts of continuously growing powder-down feathers
- They eat mainly insects which are taken on wing
Taxonomy
Artamidae is a monotypic family in the Order Passeriformes.
It has sometimes been included in the Cracticidae.
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References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Artamidae. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Artamidae
