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White-browed Woodswallow




  Name White-browed Woodswallow
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Passeriformes
  Familia Artamidae
  Genus '' Artamus ''
  Species '''''A superciliosus'''''
  Binomial ''Artamus superciliosus''
  Binomial Authority ( Gould , 1837)


The White-browed Woodswallow (''Artamus superciliosus'') is a moderately-sized Passerine Bird native to inland Australia . Like all Woodswallow s, it has a brush-tipped tongue but feeds almost exclusively on flying Insect s.

White-browed Woodswallows are highly nomadic. Pairs, small parties, and sometimes flocks of thousands 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 Woodswallow s.