Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (32)
- Monotypic
Text last updated May 14, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bangla (India) | তালচটক |
Catalan | àrtam cendrós |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 灰燕鵙 |
Chinese (SIM) | 灰燕鵙 |
Croatian | pepeljasta lastavičarka |
Dutch | Grijze spitsvogel |
English | Ashy Woodswallow |
English (United States) | Ashy Woodswallow |
French | Langrayen brun |
French (Canada) | Langrayen brun |
German | Grauschwalbenstar |
Gujarati | રાખોડી અબાબીલ-લટોરો |
Japanese | ハイイロモリツバメ |
Kannada | ಅಂಬರ ಕೀಚುಗ |
Konkani | रान पाकोळी |
Korean | 회색숲제비 |
Malayalam | ഇണകാത്തേവൻ |
Nepali (India) | मिथुन |
Nepali (Nepal) | भिथुन |
Norwegian | askesvalestær |
Polish | ostrolot palmowy |
Punjabi (India) | ਅਬਾਬੀਲ ਲਟੋਰਾ |
Russian | Серый артам |
Serbian | Pepeljasta šumska lasta |
Slovak | hmyziar sivý |
Spanish | Artamo Ceniciento |
Spanish (Spain) | Artamo ceniciento |
Swedish | gråhuvad svalstare |
Telugu | తాడి పిట్ట |
Thai | นกแอ่นพง |
Turkish | Kül Rengi Ormankırlangıcı |
Ukrainian | Ланграйн пальмовий |
Artamus fuscus Vieillot, 1817
Definitions
- ARTAMUS
- fuscus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
16–19 cm; 37–42 g. Has slate-grey head with darker mask (lores and area around eye), greyish-maroon mantle and pinkish-grey underparts; white-tipped tail with narrow greyish-white horseshoe-shaped band across uppertail-coverts ; iris dark brown; bill pale blue-grey, tip black; legs grey to dark grey. Sexes similar. Juvenile resembles adult, but has browner upperparts, with buff feather fringes on mantle, wing-coverts and remiges, and pale buffish-grey throat and underparts with distinct brownish barring.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Most of Indian Subcontinent (S to Sri Lanka) E to Myanmar, S & SE China (including Hainan), Thailand (except S) and Indochina.
Habitat
Open wooded country, often with palm trees, also cultivations, to c. 2100 m.
Movement
Generally resident, with some local wandering dependent on weather conditions and abundance of food. Some post-breeding movement from higher-lying areas (above 1000 m) to lower levels.
Diet and Foraging
Insectivorous . Obtains most of its prey in flight . Glides and circles in air in search of food items; also sallies from treetop or other perch, pursuing insects in flight. Sometimes captures items on ground or other solid substrate. Forages singly, in pairs and in small flocks.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
A frequently uttered wheezy "chee-chee-chee" or harsh nasal "chek"; also a long pleasant twittering song starting and ending with harsh "chack" notes.
Breeding
Season Mar–Jul; laying Feb–Jun in Sri Lanka. Nest a shallow loose cup of rootlets and other fibrous material, placed up to c. 12 m above ground, often at junction of palm frond with trunk; occasionally in tree hole; also in pylons . Clutch 2–4 eggs. Several adults recorded attending a single nest (1). No other information.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Widespread, and fairly common to common over most of its range. Somewhat patchily distributed in W of range. Occurs in many protected areas in most countries within its range.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding