wood-swallow

[woo d-swol-oh]

noun

any of several slate-colored songbirds of the family Artamidae, of southeastern Asia, Australia, and New Guinea, having long, pointed wings and noted for their swift, soaring flight.

Origin of wood-swallow

First recorded in 1850–55

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Fourteen of the 17 members of the Wood-Swallow family are confined to the Australian region.
An Australian Bird Book
John Albert Leach
This wood-swallow is the only Micronesian representative of Artamus leucorhynchus.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3
Rollin H. Baker