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title: "White-browed Woodswallow"
description: "Artamus superciliosus — Uccelli. The white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) is a medium-sized (~19 cm) passerine bird endemic to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-browed-woodswallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-browed Woodswallow

> Artamus superciliosus — Uccelli. The white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) is a medium-sized (~19 cm) passerine bird endemic to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Artamus superciliosus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1370
- Wikidata: [Q900393](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900393)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8081](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8081)

## Names

- en: White-browed Woodswallow
- de: Weißbrauenschwalbenstar
- es: Artamo Cejiblanco
- fr: Langrayen bridé
- nl: Wenkbrauwspitsvogel
- pt: Andorinha-do-bosque-de-sobrolho-branco
- pl: Ostrolot białobrewy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1302)

## Summary

The white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) is a medium-sized (~19 cm) passerine bird endemic to Australia. The white-browed woodswallow has very distinctive plumage consisting of white brow over a black head with the upper body being a deep blue-grey and with a chestnut under body. The females are paler then the males. The white-browed woodswallow has a bifurcated (divided) tongue like most woodswallows.
White-browed woodswallows are highly nomadic travelling in pairs to flocks from hundred to thousands of birds. They often wander irregularly around inland Australia, usually heading north for winter in the…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195262548

## Machine access

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