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White-browed woodswallow

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White-browed Woodswallow
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File:White-browed Woodswallow.jpg
Template:Regnum: Animalia
Template:Phylum:Chordata
Template:Classis:Aves
Template:Ordo:Passeriformes
Template:Familia:Artamidae
Template:Genus:Artamus
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Binomial name
Artamus superciliosus
(Gould, 1837)

The White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) is a moderately-sized passerine bird native to inland Australia. Like all woodswallows, it has a brush-tipped tongue but feeds almost exclusively on flying insects.

White-browed Woodswallows are highly nomadic. Pairs, small parties, and sometimes flocks of thouands wander irregularly around inland Australia, often trending north to winter in the Northern Territory and central Queensland, and south in spring to nest. Their heartland is the area centered on the Murray-Darling Basin, but they range far beyond this area, and in drought years frequently reach coastal south-east Australia. They are uncommon in Western Australia but small numbers regularly associate with flocks of the Masked Woodswallows.