List of Birds of Papua New Guinea - Woodswallows

Woodswallows

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Artamidae

The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. There are 11 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.

  • Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus
  • White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
  • Bismarck Woodswallow Artamus insignis (E)
  • Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus

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