White-backed woodswallow

White-backed woodswallow
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Artamidae
Genus: Artamus
Species: A. insignis
Binomial name
Artamus insignis
Sclater, 1877

The white-backed woodswallow or Bismarck woodswallow (Artamus insignis) is a species of bird in the Artamidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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