Additional Information
English White-breasted Woodswallow
Scientific (Artamus leucorynchus)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Artamidae
Family (English) Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Other name(s)
Regions AU, OR
Breeding Range Subregions Andaman Is., Indonesian Arch., Philippines, New Guinea region, n, e Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA) map Indonesia,Japan,India - mainland,Malaysia,Vanuatu,Philippines,Australia,Papua New Guinea,Palau,Myanmar,New Caledonia,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
pelewensis Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)
leucorynchus Philippines to Natuna Is. (nw of Borneo), Borneo and islands off n coast and Maratua (e of ne Borneo)
amydrus w Malay Pen., Sumatra, Bangka (e of s Sumatra), Java, Masalembu (n of e Java), Bali and Kangean Is. (n of Bali)
humei Andaman Is. and Coco Is. (n of Andaman Is.)
albiventer Sulawesi and satellites, including Banggai Is. (e of Sulawesi) and Lombok to Timor and Wetar (Lesser Sundas)
musschenbroeki Babar (far e Lesser Sundas) and Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)
leucopygialis Moluccas, New Guinea and satellites, and n, e Australia
melaleucus Grande Terre, Ile des Pins, and Lifou and Mare (c, e Loyalty Is.; New Caledonia)
tenuis Vanuatu including Banks Is.
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1771)
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German Weißbauch-Schwalbenstar
French Langrayen à ventre blanc
Chinese 白胸燕鵙
Japanese モリツバメ
Russian Белобрюхий артам
Spanish Artamo ventriblanco
Portuguese andorinha-do-bosque-de-barriga-branca
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)