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title: "Dusky Woodswallow"
description: "Artamus cyanopterus — Birds. The dusky woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) is a bird species of forests and woodlands in temperate and subtropical regions, extending into tropical areas around the Atherton Tableland, in eastern and southern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dusky-woodswallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dusky Woodswallow

> Artamus cyanopterus — Birds. The dusky woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) is a bird species of  forests and woodlands in temperate and subtropical regions, extending into tropical areas around the Atherton Tableland, in eastern and southern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Artamus cyanopterus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 4905
- Wikidata: [Q601632](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601632)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8083)

## Names

- en: Dusky Woodswallow
- de: Rußschwalbenstar
- es: Artamo Sombrío
- fr: Langrayen sordide
- nl: Blauwvleugelspitsvogel
- pl: Ostrolot ciemny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4759), NZ (3)

## Summary

The dusky woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) is a bird species of  forests and woodlands in temperate and subtropical regions, extending into tropical areas around the Atherton Tableland, in eastern and southern Australia.
The global population of the species has as yet not been formally confirmed, but it has been officially rated in the range of 'Least Concern', according to the BirdLife International in 2004. As such, the bird could be described as common in its local habitat.
The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows. Instead, they belong to the family Artamidae, which…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_woodswallow

## Photo

![Dusky Woodswallow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-woodswallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138931222

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-woodswallow?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).