Woodswallows (Artamidae)
Great Woodswallow (Artamus maximus) - HBW 14, p. 305
French: Grand Langrayen
German: Riesenschwalbenstar
Spanish: Artamo Grande
Other common names: Giant/Greater/Papuan/New Guinea/Black-breasted Woodswallow
Taxonomy: Artamus maximus A. B. Meyer, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with A. monachus and A. insignis, this group perhaps including also A. leucorynchus and A. mentalis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountain ranges of New Guinea, from 800 m to 2800 m.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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group of Great Woodswallows perching Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Christina Havard 10 April 2007 3 years ago 28 sec 3.8 -
A bird standing and then sunning on a roof Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 5 years ago 12 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch, bobbing its tail Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 July 2005 6 years ago 9 sec 3.7 -
Bird sitting on a branch Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 16 August 2008 4 years ago 12 sec 2.5 -
A bird circling overhead Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 22 August 2008 4 years ago 23 sec 2.5
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A bird in a tree, feeding an insect using its foot, seen from below.
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
jonhornbuckle 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
Perched on branch
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 14 August 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
A bird sunbathing.
Locality Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Brian J. Coates 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
perching on cable
Locality Satop, Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 28 August 2007 1 year ago 2.6
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