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title: "White-breasted Woodswallow"
description: "Artamus leucorynchus — Uccelli. The white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-breasted-woodswallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-breasted Woodswallow

> Artamus leucorynchus — Uccelli. The white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Artamus leucorynchus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 7232
- Wikidata: [Q795046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8078](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8078)

## Names

- en: White-breasted Woodswallow
- de: Weißbauchschwalbenstar
- es: Artamo Ventriblanco
- fr: Langrayen à ventre blanc
- nl: Witborstspitsvogel
- pl: Ostrolot żałobny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4379), ID (971), PH (723), MY (528), NC (170), PG (50), VU (35), IN (34), TL (23), BN (21), PW (5)

## Summary

The white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia. The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows. Instead, they belong to the family Artamidae, which also includes butcherbirds, currawongs and the Australian magpie.

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

## Photo

![White-breasted Woodswallow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-breasted-woodswallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256432189

## Machine access

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