White-breasted Woodswallow
The white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia. The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows. Instead, they belong to the family Artamidae, which also includes butcherbirds, currawongs and the Australian magpie. == Taxonomy == The white-breasted woodswallow was formally described in 1771 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus. He placed it with the shrikes in the genus Lanius and coined the binomial name Lanius leucoryn[chus]. His account was based on "la pie-griesche de Manille" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson. Brisson had examined a specimen collected in Manila on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The specific epithet is derived from the Ancient Greek words leukos meaning "white", and rhynchos meaning "bill". The white-breasted woodswallow is now one of 11 species placed in the genus Artamus that was introduced in 1816 by Louis Pierre Vieillot. Nine subspecies are recognised: A. l. pelewensis Finsch, 1876 – Palau (west Caroline Islands, west Micronesia) A. l. leucorynchus (Linnaeus, 1771) – Philippines to Natuna Islands (northwest of Borneo), Borneo and islands off…
Cania Gorge National Park
Australia
+76 birds+7 mammals
Where sandstone cliffs rise dramatically from eucalyptus woodland, rare geological formations create a hidden sanctuary in Queensland’s inland reaches. Cania […]
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Sunshine Coast, Australia
+75 birds+5 mammals
Steep volcanic ridges rise abruptly from Queensland’s coastal plain, their weathered slopes cloaked in open eucalyptus woodland and heathland that […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDaintree National Park
Dedin, Australia
+125 birds+30 mammals
Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSpringbrook National Park
Australia
+131 birds+30 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest cascades down steep volcanic escarpments and mist clings to ancient tree ferns, one of Australia’s most biodiverse […]
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Lakefield, Australia
+141 birds+6 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce windswept savanna and seasonal floodplains stretch toward the horizon, Australia’s northeastern extremity harbors one of the […]
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Kuching, Malaysia
+112 birds+18 mammals
Weathered sandstone cliffs rise dramatically from the South China Sea, their ochre faces sculpted by millennia of wind and tide […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKuching Wetlands National Park
Kuching, Malaysia
+135 birds+21 mammals
Where brackish waters meet mangrove stilts and freshwater swamps blend into coastal mudflats, one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic wetland […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTaman Negara National Park
Kampong Samas, Malaysia
150+ birds+17 mammals
Where ancient rainforest meets limestone peaks, one of Southeast Asia’s oldest protected wilderness preserves sprawls across 4,343 square kilometers of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTaman Negara Bukit Lambir National Park
Miri, Malaysia
+137 birds+15 mammals
Rainforest cascades down sandstone ridges where crystal streams carve through ancient geology, creating a landscape of profound biological richness in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWest Bali National Park
Gerokgak, Indonesia
+142 birds+12 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge into crystalline waters and monsoon forests cling to volcanic slopes, Indonesia’s northwestern frontier reveals one of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAketajawe Lolobata National Park
Halmahera Timur, Indonesia
+109 birds+7 mammals
Where rugged volcanic plateaus rise above the Halmahera seascape, one of Indonesia’s most biodiverse reserves sprawls across nearly 14,000 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBogani Nani Wartabone National Park
Bolaang Mongondow, Indonesia
+96 birds+6 mammals
Where limestone peaks rise abruptly from dense rainforest and crystalline rivers carve through pristine valleys, one of Sulawesi’s most biodiverse […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Ciremai National Park
Majalengka, Indonesia
+115 birds+10 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise dramatically from the Javanese lowlands, a 382-square-kilometre sanctuary of montane forest clings to the dormant peak […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSembilang National Park
Banyuasin, Indonesia
+48 birds+3 mammals
Mangrove forests stretch endlessly across South Sumatra’s coastal lowlands, their gnarled root systems anchoring a labyrinth of tidal channels and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWay Kambas National Park
Lampung Timur, Indonesia
+148 birds+28 mammals
Swamps and dipterocarp forests interweave across Sumatra’s southeastern lowlands, creating a mosaic of habitats that few conservation areas in Southeast […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKomodo National Park
Komodo, Indonesia
+69 birds+14 mammals
Where volcanic peaks rise dramatically from turquoise waters, a primordial landscape unfolds across three main islands and countless smaller ones […]
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