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White-breasted Woodswallow

Artamus leucorynchus (Linnaeus, C 1771)

The white-breasted woodswallow is a medium sized passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia. The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows. Instead, they belong to the family Artamidae, which also includes butcherbirds, currawongs and the Australian magpie. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Artamidae
Genus:
   Artamus
Scientific:
  Artamus leucorynchus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1771)

Reference:
   Mantissa Plant. Altera

Protonym:
  Lanius leucoryn[chus]

Type locality:
  Manila, Luzon.

Link:
  http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=947


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  05793C3ECB9CDC3D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-05793C3E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/05793C3E


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916567

Geographic range:

  • Artamus leucorynchus: Andaman Islands, Indonesian Archipelago, Philippines, New Guinea region, northern and eastern Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Palau (west Caroline Islands, western Micronesia)
  • Artamus leucorynchus leucorynchus: Philippines, Palawan, Borneo, and Natuna Islands
  • Artamus leucorynchus pelewensis: Babelthuap Island (Palau)
  • Artamus leucorynchus amydrus: Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung, Kangean islands, Java, and Bali
  • Artamus leucorynchus humei: Andaman and Coco islands (Bay of Bengal)
  • Artamus leucorynchus albiventer: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas
  • Artamus leucorynchus musschenbroeki: Babar and Tanimbar Islands (Larat, Yamdena, and Kirimoen)
  • Artamus leucorynchus leucopygialis: Moluccas, Kai Islands, New Guinea including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea), and northern and eastern Australia
  • Artamus leucorynchus melaleucus: New Caledonia, including Maré and Lifou (Loyalty Islands)
  • Artamus leucorynchus tenuis: Vanuatu including Banks Islands
  • Show more...
English:
White-breasted Woodswallow
Catalan:
artami de ventre blanc
Czech:
lasolet bělobřichý
Danish:
Hvidbuget Svalestær
German:
Weißbauch-Schwalbenstar
Spanish:
Artamo Ventriblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Artamo Ventriblanco
Finnish:
pääskyleiju
French:
Langrayen à ventre blanc
Croatian:
bjelotrba lastavičarka
Hungarian:
fehérhasú fecskeseregély
Italian:
Rondine boschereccia pettobianco
Japanese (romaji):
moritsubame
Japanese:
モリツバメ
Lithuanian:
Baltakrūtis artamas
Dutch:
Witborstspitsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitbuksvalestare
Norwegian:
Hvitbuksvalestær
Polish:
ostrolot żałobny
Portuguese:
andorinha-do-mato-de-ventre-branco
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinha-do-bosque-de-barriga-branca
Russian:
Белобрюхий артам
Slovak:
hmyziar bielobruchý
Serbian:
Belogruda šumska lasta
Swedish:
vitbröstad svalstare
Ukrainian:
Ланграйн білогрудий
Chinese:
白胸燕鵙
Chinese (Traditional):
白胸燕鵙


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Langrayen à ventre blanc ( Artamus leucorhynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucoryn) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
White-breasted Woodswallow ( Artamus leucorynchus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Artamus leucoryn [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Artamus leucoryn [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Artamus [leucoryn or mentalis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: artami de ventre blanc
Cebuano: gitgit
Czech: Lasolet belobrichý, lasolet bělobřichy, lasolet bělobřichý
Danish: Hvidbuget Svalestær
German: Weissbauch-Schwalbenstar
English: Ashy Woodswallow, Lesser Woodswallow, White breasted Woodswallow, White-breasted Swallow-shrike, White-breasted Wood Swallow, White-breasted Woodswallow, white-breasted wood-swallow, White-rumped Swallow-shrike, White-rumped Woodswallow
English, HBW: White-breasted Woodswallow
English (IOC): White-breasted Woodswallow
English (United States): White-breasted Woodswallow
Esperanto: Blankbeka artamo, Blankventra artamo
Spanish: Artamo Ventriblanco, Golondrina del Bosque de Pecho Blanca
Spanish (Spain): Artamo Ventriblanco
Spanish (HBW): White-breasted Woodswallow
Estonian: valgekõht-tuulas
Finnish: Pääskyleiju
French: Langraien, Langrayen à poitrine blanche, Langrayen à ventre blanc
Croatian: bjelotrba lastavičarka
Hungarian: fehérhasú fecskeseregély
Indonesian: Burung Kekep Babi, Kekep, Kekep Babi, Nga-wéla-wéla, Pagi-pagi
Italian: Artamo pettobianco, Rondine boschereccia pettobianco
Japanese (romaji): moritsubame, Mori-tsubame
Japanese: モリツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): 森燕
Korean: 흰가슴숲제비
Kirghiz: ак боор токой чабалекейи
Scientific: Artamus leucorhynchos, Artamus leucorhynchus, Artamus leucoryn, Artamus leucoryn leucoryn, Artamus leucorynchus, Artamus leucorynchus leucorhynchus, Artamus leucorynchus leucorynchus, Lanius leucoryn
Lithuanian: Baltakrūtis artamas
Mamasa: képa, sèkke
Malay: Burung Tirjup Layang-layang Dada Putih
Dutch: Witborstspitsvogel, Witborst-spitsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitbuksvalestare
Norwegian: Hvitbuksvalestær
Polish: ostrolot zalobny, Ostrolot żałobny
Pinyin: bái-xiōng yàn-jú
Portuguese: andorinha-do-mato-de-ventre-branco
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-do-bosque-de-barriga-branca, Andorinha-do-mato-de-peito-branco
Russian: Белобрюхий артам, Белобрюхий ласточковый сорокопут
Slovak: Hmyziar bielobruchý
Serbian: Belogruda šumska lasta
Swedish: Vitbröstad svalstare
Thai: นกแอ่นพงท้องขาว
Turkish: Ak göğüslü ormankırlangıcı
Tatar: карлыгачсыман ак түшле каракош
Ukrainian: Ланграйн білогрудий
Chinese: 白胸燕, 白胸燕鵙
Chinese (Traditional): 白胸燕鵙

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