Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Artamidae (Woodswallows)

• Artamus Vieillot, 1816 Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire p.41 Langraien Buffon ; Type by monotypy = Lanius leucoryn Linnaeus, 1771
  • 646. Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus Vieillot, 1817 [HB#982]
    Original Description: Artamus fuscus Vieillot, 1817 Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 17 p.297 (Bengal)
    Alternative Names: Ashy Swallow-Shrike
    Distribution: Sub-Himalayan foothills of E Himachal, Uttarakhand and adjoining Punjab and Haryana; N Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, adjoining Arunachal, and all NE hill states. S W Bengal, Chota Nagpur plateau, C Indian highlands, W Gujarat, W and N Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. Sporadic in Indo-Gangetic plains, E Rajasthan, WC Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, and Deccan.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, TNHM, MYS, HYD, LKO, BNHM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 647. White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus (Linnaeus, 1771)
    Original Description: Lanius leucoryn[chus] Linnaeus, 1771 Mantissa plantarum altera generum editionis VI et specierum editionis II p.524
    Alternative Names: White-breasted Swallow-Shrike
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 647a. Artamus leucorynchus humei Stresemann, 1913 [HB#983]
      Original Description: Artamus leucorhynchos humei Stresemann, 1913 Novitates Zoologicae 20 p.291 (South Andaman Is.)
      Distribution: N, Middle, S, and Little Andaman as well as islets of N Reef, Long, Outram, Nicholson, Havelok, Neil, Tarmugli, Alexandra, Boat, Rutland, and N Cinque Is.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH