Ivory-backed Woodswallow
Artamus monachusBonaparte, CLJL, 1850
English (US) Ivory-backed Woodswallow
The Ivory-backed Woodswallow (Artamus monachus) 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: Sulawesi region, including Lembeh (off northeast), and Banggai and Sula islands (off eastern Sulawesi)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Artamus monachus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ivory-backed Woodswallow
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Artamus (Ocypterus) monachus
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
- Type locality
- Celebes.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.343
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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