wood-swallow
[woo d-swol-oh]
- 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.
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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 BookJohn Albert Leach
This wood-swallow is the only Micronesian representative of Artamus leucorhynchus.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3Rollin H. Baker