Taxonomic classification <> Images
The white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucoryn) belongs to the family Artamidae under the order Passeriformes.
White-breasted woodswallow taxonomy
The family Artamidae was first described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1825. The family Artamidae consists of two subfamilies, Cracticinae and Artaminae.The subfamily Cracticinae has five genera and thirteen species under it. The subfamily Artaminae was first described by C. G. Sibley & J. A. Ahlquist, in the year 1990.
The subfamily Artaminae has a single genus, Artamus. The genus Artamus was first described by Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748 – August 24, 1830), a French ornithologist, in the year 1816. There are eleven species classified under this genus.
The species Artamus leucoryn (as Lanius leucoryn) was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1771.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Artamus leucoryn |
| Species: | A. leucoryn |
| Genus: | Artamus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Artamidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn Image by Summerdrought |
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| 2.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn Image by JJ Harrison |
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| 3.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn Image by Lip Kee |
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| 4.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn Image by Djambalawa |
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| 5.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn Image by Magdalena B |
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| 6.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn Image by Gary Leavens |
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| 7.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn Image by cuatrok77 |
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| 8.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn in flight Image by Lip Kee |
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| 9.White-breasted woodswallow - Artamus leucoryn young Image by Toby Hudson |
1.White-breasted woodswallow image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Artamus_leucorynchus_Cairns_Qld.jpg (cropped)
Author: Summerdrought | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Artamus_leucorynchus_-_Wonga.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY 3.0
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/4959311573/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 9/18/17
4.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Djambalawa | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Magdalena B | License: Public domain
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_leavens/36286521626/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Gary Leavens | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 9/18/17
7.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/8553532887/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: cuatrok77 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 9/18/17
8.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/4929318515/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 9/18/17
9.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Toby Hudson | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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