Black-faced Woodswallow

Artamus cinereus Vieillot, 1817

Black-faced Woodswallow, Artamus cinereus, is a passerine found across Australasia, including the Lesser Sundas, Australia and south New Guinea. It was described by Vieillot in 1817 and belongs to the Artamidae. The bird is widespread in Australia and also occurs in New Guinea and the Sunda Islands, with open eucalypt woodland, scrub and spinifex among its preferred habitats in arid and semi-arid country. It is recognised by a black facial mask, ash-grey plumage, a black tail with a white tip, and a blue-grey bill tipped in black.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Artamidae — Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies

Breeding range

Australasia: e Lesser Sundas, Australia and sc New Guinea