White-backed Woodswallow
Artamus insignisSclater, PL, 1877
English (US) White-backed Woodswallow
The White-backed Woodswallow (Artamus insignis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Artamidae (Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: New Ireland and New Britain (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Artamus insignis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-backed Woodswallow
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1877
- Type locality
- New Ireland.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877, pt.1 p.101 pl.15
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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