| Black-faced woodswallow | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Artamidae |
| Genus: | Artamus |
| Species: | A. cinereus
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| Binomial name | |
| Artamus cinereus Vieillot, 1817
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| An image showing the Indonesian archipelago and Australia (Oceania), with green highlighting the distribution of the Black-faced woodswallow. | |
The black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) is a woodswallow of the genus Artamus native to Australia, New Guinea and the Sunda Islands, including Timor.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Artamus cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22706327A111049892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22706327A111049892.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Trainor, Colin R.; Santana, F.; Pinto, P.; Xavier, Almeida F.; Safford, R.; Grimmett, R. (2008). "Birds, birding and conservation in Timor-Leste". BirdingASIA. 9: 44. ISSN 1744-537X.
- ^ Garnett, Stephen; Baker, G Barry, eds. (2021). Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020. CSIRO Publishing. doi:10.1071/9781486311910. ISBN 978-1-4863-1191-0.