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Artamus Vieillot, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179660

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Wood-Swallows [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Artamidae Vigors, 1825 – Woodswallows
	Genus	Artamus Vieillot, 1816 – Wood-Swallows
		Direct Children:
	Species	Artamus cinereus Vieillot, 1817 – Black-faced Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus cyanopterus (Latham, 1802) – Dusky Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus fuscus Vieillot, 1817 – Ashy Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus insignis P. L. Sclater, 1877 – White-backed Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus leucoryn (Linnaeus, 1771) – White-breasted Woodswallow, White-breasted Wood-Swallow
	Species	Artamus maximus A. B. Meyer, 1874 – Great Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus mentalis Jardine, 1845 – Fiji Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus minor Vieillot, 1817 – Little Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus monachus Bonaparte, 1850 – Ivory-backed Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus personatus (Gould, 1841) – Masked Woodswallow
	Species	Artamus superciliosus (Gould, 1837) – White-browed Woodswallow

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Artamus

	Expert:	Richard C. Banks
	Notes:	Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
	Reference for:	Artamus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Artamus

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.30, website (version 30-Jan-11)
	Acquired:	2012
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Artamus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Artamus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Artamus

Geographic Information


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Comments


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