Masked Woodswallow
Artamus personatus ‡
Long Waterhole, Winton, N Qld IMG_7323 20240920 - Females.
Notes: Wholly dark face, blacker in male, which also has
wholly pale grey underparts. Female
grey-buff tinge to underparts. Pale
undertail coverts and broad white tips. Similar to, & in E Aust.
often with, White-browed
Woodswallow but no white brow. Highly gregarious. Inhabits open
forest, woodland, heaths. Moves S to breed in summer, N in winter.
Range from Morcombe©
Old Cork Homestead, CW Qld IMG_7521 20240923 - male: black mask; pale grey underparts; tail pale grey, white tipped(cf White-breasted Woodswallow). CLICK for another one.
Old Cork Homestead, CW Qld IMG_7647 20240923 - female: wholly dark face, lighter than male; grey-buff tingeto underparts.
>Old Cork Homestead, CW Qld IMG_7578 20240923 - male, flying. CLICK for another one.
Long Waterhole, Winton, N Qld IMG_7306 20240920 - male. CLICK for female flying.
Old Cork Homestead, CW Qld IMG_7554 20240923 -
male w. male White-browed Woodswallow. CLICK for pic of some of them in the sky!
Long Waterhole, Winton, N Qld IMG_7314 20240920 - female. CLICK for one approaching.
Pilliga Dam, NC NSW MVI_0459 20151013 - Adult male chased off by male White-browed Woodswallow.
Old Cork Homestead, CW Qld IMG_7674 20240923 - Adult female.
Old Cork Homestead, CW Qld IMG_7631++ 20240923 - First White-browed Woodswallows then Masked Woodswallows.