Woodswallows (Artamidae)

White-backed Woodswallow (Artamus insignis) - HBW 14, p. 306

French: Langrayen des Bismarck German: Bismarckschwalbenstar Spanish: Artamo Dorsiblanco
Other common names: Black-headed/Bismarck/Sclater's/New Britain Woodswallow

Taxonomy: Artamus insignis P. L. Sclater, 1877, New Ireland.
Forms a superspecies with A. monachus and A. maximus, this group perhaps including also A. leucorynchus and A. mentalis. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Britain and New Ireland, in Bismarck Archipelago.