Dusky Woodswallow
Scientific name: Artamus cyanopterus
Artamus is from the Greek word artamos, meaning butcher. Cyanopterus is from the Greek words cyanos, meaning blue, and pteron, meaning wing.
Bewoen (bee’woe’en).
Found in southern and eastern Australia.
Up to 19.5 centimetres long with a 35 centimetre wingspan.
The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 8 km. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in December 1981, 8 years 2.3 months after being banded (information as at 23 June 2012).
The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/320aeab1-aead-4b82-a580-8cd3ae99fdef#overview