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Ashy Wood Swallow

Artamus fuscus · Family Artamidae

Artamus fuscus

Family Artamidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Artamidae
GBIF occurrence records
177,298
Countries and territories with records
16
Ashy Wood Swallow
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About this species

This species has 177,298 occurrence records from 16 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (60.5%), Thailand (30.7%), Sri Lanka (2.4%), Bangladesh (1.3%) and Vietnam (1%); together they account for 95.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Artamus fuscus combines the genus name Artamus with the species epithet fuscus. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Artamus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Artamus cyanopterus, Artamus cinereus and Artamus superciliosus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 11 species of the family Artamidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Artamus cyanopterus. Its record count is 2.4 times the family average (72,492). The family Artamidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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