Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Dusky Wood Swallow, Dusky Wood-swallow, Dusky Woodswallow
Common Names in French:
Langrayen sordide
Common Names in German:
Rußschwalbenstar
Common Names in Japanese:
ウスズミモリツバメ
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,846 meters (0 to 15,899 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
)Synonyms
Artamus cyanopterus (Latham, 1802)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
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Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Artamus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. cinereus (Black-Faced Wood-Swallow) · A. cinereus cinereus (Black-Faced Wood Swallow) · A. cyanopterus (Dusky Wood Swallow) · A. cyanopterus cyanopterus (Dusky Wood Swallow) · A. fuscus (Ashy Swallow-Shrike) · A. insignis (White-Backed Woodswallow) · A. leucorhynchus (White-Breasted Wood-Swallow) · A. leucorhynchus leucorhynchus (White-Breasted Wood Swallow) · A. leucorynchus (White-Breasted Wood-Swallow) · A. leucorynchus leucorynchus (White-Breasted Wood-Swallow) · A. maximus (Black-Breasted Woodswallow) · A. mentalis (Fiji White-Breasted Woodswallow) · A. minor (Little Wood-Swallow) · A. monachus (Ivory-Backed Wood-Swallow) · A. personatus (Masked Wood-Swallow) · A. superciliosus (White-Browed Wood-Swallow)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1971 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 188, p. 188.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 165.
- Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 35.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 190, p. 212, p. 414, p. 84.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 27, p. 51.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 213, p. 85.
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 131, p. 135, p. 141, p. 221, p. 285, p. 43.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Artamus cyanopterus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4107
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558760
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558760
- IUCN ID: 192766
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 129566
Footnotes
- Mean = 546.980 meters (1,794.554 feet), Standard Deviation = 734.400 based on 19,579 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
