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Artamidae, the Glossary

Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia.^[1]

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Australasian realm fauna
Indomalayan realm fauna

Ashy woodswallow

The ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus), sometimes also called the ashy swallow-shrike, is a woodswallow which is found in south Asia.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian magpie

The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, and the Fijian island of Taveuni.

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Black butcherbird

The black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi, also known as Cracticus quoyi) is a species of butcherbird in the family Artamidae.

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Black currawong

The black currawong (Strepera fuliginosa), also known locally as the black jay, is a large passerine bird endemic to Tasmania and the nearby islands within the Bass Strait.

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Black-backed butcherbird

The black-backed butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) is a species of bird in the family Artamidae.

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Black-faced woodswallow

The black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) is a woodswallow of the genus Artamus native to Australia, New Guinea and the Sunda Islands, including Timor.

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Butcherbird

Butcherbirds are songbirds closely related to the Australian magpie.

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Colony (biology)

In biology, a colony is composed of two or more conspecific individuals living in close association with, or connected to, one another.

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Cracticinae

The Cracticinae, bellmagpies and allies, gathers together 12 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas. Artamidae and Cracticinae are passeri.

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Cracticus

Cracticus is a genus of butcherbirds native to Australasia.

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Currawong

Currawongs are three species of medium-sized passerine birds belonging to the genus Strepera in the family Artamidae native to Australia.

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Dactyly

In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal.

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Down feather

The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers.

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The dusky woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) is a bird species of forests and woodlands in temperate and subtropical regions, extending into tropical areas around the Atherton Tableland, in eastern and southern Australia.

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Eastern spinebill

The eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) is a species of honeyeater found in south-eastern Australia in forest and woodland areas, as well as gardens in urban areas of Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart.

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Emu (journal)

Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of BirdLife Australia (formerly the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Falcon

Falcons are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies, and some that hover while hunting are called kestrels. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fiji woodswallow

The Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis) is a species of woodswallow in the family Artamidae.

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Great woodswallow

The great woodswallow (Artamus maximus), also known as the greater woodswallow, giant woodswallow or New Guinea woodswallow is a species of bird in the family Artamidae.

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Grevillea robusta

Grevillea robusta, commonly known as the southern silky oak, silk oak or silky oak, silver oak or Australian silver oak, is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, and accordingly unrelated to true oaks, family Fagaceae.

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Grey butcherbird

The grey butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) is a widely distributed species endemic to Australia.

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Grey currawong

The grey currawong (Strepera versicolor) is a large passerine bird native to southern Australia, including Tasmania.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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Habitat fragmentation

Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay.

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Hooded butcherbird

The hooded butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Artamidae.

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House sparrow

The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world.

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Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

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Ivory-backed woodswallow

The ivory-backed woodswallow (Artamus monachus) is a species of bird in the family Artamidae.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.

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Kurrartapu

Kurrartapu johnnguyeni is an extinct species of bird in the Australian magpie and butcherbird family.

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Little woodswallow

The little woodswallow (Artamus minor), 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.

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Lowland peltops

The lowland peltops or clicking shieldbill (Peltops blainvillii) is a species of bird in the family Artamidae.

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Malaconotoidea

Malaconotoidea is a superfamily of passerine birds. Artamidae and Malaconotoidea are passeri.

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Masked woodswallow

Masked woodswallow (Artamus personatus) is a species of bird in the family Artamidae.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Mountain peltops

The mountain peltops (Peltops montanus) is a species of bird in the family Cracticidae.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.

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Nicholas Aylward Vigors

Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840) was an Irish zoologist and politician.

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Notarium

Notarium or os dorsale is a bone consisting of the fused vertebra of the shoulder in birds and some pterosaurs.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Peltops

Peltops is a genus of birds in the family Artamidae.

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Pied butcherbird

The pied butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) is a songbird native to Australia.

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Pied currawong

The pied currawong (Strepera graculina) is a black passerine bird native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island.

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Plumage

Plumage is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.

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Roadkill

Roadkill is a wild animal that has been killed by collision with motor vehicles.

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.

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Silver-backed butcherbird

The silver-backed butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus) is a small, shrike-like bird.

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Songbird

A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Artamidae and songbird are passeri.

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Syrinx (bird anatomy)

The syrinx (from the Greek word "σύριγξ" for ''pan pipes'') is the vocal organ of birds.

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Tagula butcherbird

The Tagula butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis) is a species of bird in the family Artamidae.

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The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artamidae

, Songbird, Syrinx (bird anatomy), Tagula butcherbird, Tarsometatarsus, Taxonomic rank, White-backed woodswallow, White-breasted woodswallow, White-browed woodswallow, Woodswallow.

Artamidae, the Glossary

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See also

Australasian realm fauna

Indomalayan realm fauna

References