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title: "Black-faced Woodswallow"
description: "Artamus cinereus — Uccelli. The black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) is a woodswallow of the genus Artamus native to Australia, New Guinea, and the Sunda Islands, including Timor."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-faced-woodswallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-faced Woodswallow

> Artamus cinereus — Uccelli. The black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) is a woodswallow of the genus Artamus native to Australia, New Guinea, and the Sunda Islands, including Timor.

- Scientific name: *Artamus cinereus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1571
- Wikidata: [Q795089](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795089)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8080](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8080)

## Names

- en: Black-faced Woodswallow
- de: Schwarzgesichtschwalbenstar
- es: Artamo Carinegro
- fr: Langrayen gris
- nl: Zwartteugelspitsvogel
- pl: Ostrolot szary

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1505), TL (18)

## Summary

The black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) is a woodswallow of the genus Artamus native to Australia, New Guinea, and the Sunda Islands, including Timor. It is 18–19 cm (7.1–7.5 in) long and is the most widespread species in the family Artamidae. Woodswallows have a soft call with chiff, chap and chattering calls which can include vocal mimicry
Increased vegetation due to inappropriate fire regimes has caused the woodswallows numbers to decline since 1993 in the Cape York Peninsula.

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

## Photo

![Black-faced Woodswallow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-faced-woodswallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/361886618

## Machine access

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