Species profile
White-backed Woodswallow
Artamus insignis
Quick answer
Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain and New Ireland)
- Scientific name
- Artamus insignis
- Family
- Artamidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Artamus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording White-backed Woodswallow in your journal
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