Great Woodswallow
Artamus maximusMeyer, AB, 1874
English (US) Great Woodswallow
The Great Woodswallow (Artamus maximus) 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: mountains of New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Artamus maximus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Woodswallow
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
- Type locality
- Hatam, Arfak Mts.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 69 p.203
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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