Masked Woodswallow

Pilliga Dam, NC NSW IMG_0458 20151013 - Left panel: male Masked w. 1 x female & 2 x male White-browed.
Right panel: Male masked, female White-browed, female Masked Woodswallow.

Notes: Wholly dark face, blacker in male, which also has wholly pale grey underparts. Female
grey-buff tinge to underparts. Pale undertail coverts and broad white tips. Similar to, & in E Aust.
often with, White-browed Woodswallow but no white brow. Highly gregarious. Inhabits open
forest, woodland, heaths. Moves S to breed in summer, N in winter.

Range from Morcombe^©

Elliott, C NT IMG_0919 20180717 - male: black mask; pale grey underparts; tail pale grey, white tipped
(cf White-breasted Woodswallow).

Inside Track, Birdsville, FNE SA IMG_5411 20200916 - female: wholly dark face, lighter than male; grey-buff tinge
to underparts.

Pilliga Dam, NC NSW IMG_0561 20151014 - male w. White-browed Woodswallows

Pilliga Dam, NC NSW IMG_0536 20151014 - male w. male White-browed Woodswallow

Pilliga Dam, NC NSW IMG_0458b 20151013 - male, female White-browed Woodswallow, female

Pilliga Dam, NC NSW MVI_0459 20151013 - Adult male chased off by male White-browed Woodswallow.