Fiji Woodswallow - Social Behaviour

Social Behaviour

Fiji Woodswallows are highly social and will often form clusters on perches. At night groups habitually roost in the forks of a nesting/roosting tree, except during storms when they roost further down the tree.

Fiji Woodswallows are preyed upon by the Fiji race of the Peregrine Falcon and the young are vulnerable to the Fiji Goshawk. Fiji Woodswallows are highly aggressive and will attack these raptors, often at risk to themselves, as well as introduced mammals such as cats and dogs. They will also harass the introduced Common Myna and Red-vented Bulbul to drive away from nesting and roosting sites, but display less aggression towards other harmless native species such as the Fiji Parrotfinch.