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A.personatus is a common, gregarious and highly nomadic species, appearing in large flocks usually with white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus). Among the few passerines that have powder down through their plumage. Listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Ranging from 18–20 centimetres (7.1–7.9 in) in length with a wingspan of 32–34 centimetres (13–13 in), weighing approximately 37 grams (1.3 oz), the masked woodswallow is similar in size to the white-browed woodswallow. Sexes differ markedly in colour and also in immature plumage.
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When to see the Masked Woodswallow
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Masked Woodswallow
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in New Zealand.
About the Masked Woodswallow
Masked woodswallow is a species of bird in the family Artamidae.
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Easily confused with
White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosusThe white-browed woodswallow is a medium-sized (~19 cm) passerine bird endemic to Australia.
Little WoodswallowArtamus minorThe little woodswallow, is a bird patchily distributed over much of mainland Australia, avoiding only the driest deserts and the area within about 300 kilometres of the southern coastline, and showing a preference for rugged terrain around inland ranges.
Fiji WoodswallowArtamus mentalisThe Fiji woodswallow is a species of woodswallow in the family Artamidae.
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