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Fiji woodswallow
| Fiji woodswallow | |
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| On Taveuni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Artamidae |
| Genus: | Artamus |
| Species: | A. mentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Artamus mentalis Jardine, 1845
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| Synonyms | |
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Artamus leucorynchus mentalis | |
The Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis) is a species of woodswallow in the family Artamidae. It is endemic to most of the islands of Fiji, although it is absent from Kadavu Archipelago and the Lau Archipelago.[2] The species was once considered a race of the white-breasted woodswallow,[3] which breeds from Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu through to Borneo and the Philippines. Some authors retain it in that species.[4]
The Fiji woodswallow is a chunky bird 18 centimetres (7 in) long with a heavy black-tipped blue bill.[5] The plumage is sooty dark above, with a white belly, rump and throat. It is distinguished from the white-breasted woodswallow by the amount of white on the throat, which in the Fiji woodswallow comes up to the level of the bill.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Artamus mentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22706318A118743254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22706318A118743254.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Clunie, F. (1976) "Behaviour and Nesting of the Fijian White-breasted Woodswallows" Notornis 23: 61-75 [1] Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Watling, D. (2001). A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia. Environmental Consultants, Suva. ISBN 982-9030-04-0
- ^ Steadman D, (2006). Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7
- ^ Pratt, H., Bruner, P & Berrett, D. (1987) The Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific Princeton University Press:Princeton ISBN 0-691-08402-5
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