Avibase: Artamus cinereus (Black-faced Woodswallow)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Artamus cinereus Vieillot, LJP 1817

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2016-09-06	Tibooburra, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (170 m)	call - [sono]	334912 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2020-08-27	Sturt NP, Olive Downs area, New South Wales, Unincorp. Far West (Australia) (190 m)	song - bird-seen:no	609256 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2016-09-05	Tibooburra, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (180 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	334667 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus melanops	Andrew Spencer	2016-01-07	Eulo Bore, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (190 m)	call - natural vocalizations; calls from two birds perching on tall snags in open mulga woodland. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	311792 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2022-02-02	Normanton, Carpentaria Shire, Queensland, Carpentaria (Australia) (0 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	733566 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2021-10-02	Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Central Darling (Australia) (120 m)	call - [sono]	1004423 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus melanops	Andrew Spencer	2016-01-14	Wanganella area, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (90 m)	call - natural vocalization; calls from a fledged juvenile perched on a fenceline through open, dry plains. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	311794 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Andrew Spencer	2016-01-06	Paddabilla Bore (aka Eulo Bore), Paroo, Queensland, Australia, Paroo (Australia)	- natural vocalizations; song and calls from a small flock of this species flying over open mulga woodland.	112742661 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2016-09-06	Tibooburra, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (170 m)	call - Agitated calls due to nearby Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)	334914 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus normani	Andrew Spencer	2015-12-31	Hurricane Road, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (340 m)	call - natural vocalization; quiet calls from one of three birds sitting at the top of a tall snag in open dry woodland. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	311789 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus melanops	Christopher Watson	2017-05-22	Native Gap Conservation Reserve (near Anmatjere), Central Desert Shire, Northern Territory, Hanson (Australia) (650 m)	call, flight call, life stage uncertain, sex uncertain - From a longer ARU recording. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	641422 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Louis Masarei	2024-09-23	Jupiter Well (near Gibson Desert North), Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia, East Pilbara (Australia) (320 m)	alarm call, call - [sono]	938668 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2021-10-02	Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Central Darling (Australia) (120 m)	call - [sono]	1004422 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2022-02-02	Normanton, Carpentaria Shire, Queensland, Carpentaria (Australia) (0 m)	call - bird-seen:no	733567 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus normani	Marc Anderson	2022-02-03	Karumba, Carpentaria Shire, Queensland, Carpentaria (Australia) (0 m)	call - [sono]	816286 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2021-10-02	Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Central Darling (Australia) (120 m)	alarm call - [sono]	1004425 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus melanops	Andrew Spencer	2016-01-06	Eulo Bore, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (190 m)	call, song - natural vocalizations; song and calls from a small flock of this species flying over open mulga woodland. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	311791 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Marc Anderson	2021-10-02	Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Central Darling (Australia) (120 m)	call - [sono]	1004424 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Peter Boesman	2023-10-23	Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Unincorp. Flinders Ranges (Australia) (? m)	call - [sono]	859663 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	nick talbot	2023-06-30	Katherine, Katherine Municipality, Northern Territory, Katherine (Australia) (110 m)	call - A bird calling from a bare branch in a park	819678 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus melanops	James Lambert	2023-09-09	Arnhem Highway, Katherine Municipality, Northern Territory, Elsey (Australia) (180 m)	call - calls made from foraging birds, swooping from low perches in trees to the ground and back again	828549 xeno-canto.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	David Secomb	2024-12-30	, Broome (Australia)	-	648807463 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Nigel Jackett	2026-04-12	, Wyndham-East Kimberley (Australia)	-	654783098 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-faced Woodswallow - Artamus cinereus	Nigel Jackett	2025-01-11	, Broome (Australia)	-	628905662 macaulaylibrary.org

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