Little Woodswallow

Artamus minor ‡

S Tanami Road, S NT IMG_0459 20180715 - minor a pale individual, usually darker chocolate-brown.

Notes: Nominate ssp minor is dark chocolate-brown above & below, usually w. deep gunmetal-
grey wings w/o white streak (cf Dusky)). Face somewhat darker, more blackish-brown; broad
white tips on outer rectrices. Bluish bill w black tip, dark lores. Ssp derbyi smaller than nominate.
Open scrublands, rocky hills, cliffs and breakaways; also open woodland.

Range from Morcombe^©

Mt Nameless, Tom Price, W WA IMG_4798 20180925 - minor showing pale underwing leading edges, broad white folded
tail tips. Mt Magnet, C WA IMG_6622 20181007 - minor very dark individual. The Grotto, Wyndham, FNE WA IMG_4052 20160707 - derbyi. Said to be smaller than minor but cannot judge that in
the field. Home Valley Station, Gibb River Road, NE WA IMG_8048 20180816 - derbyi Scrammy Waterhole, Bladensburg NP, NC Qld IMG_3702 20200905 - derbyi x 3. Pilliga Dam, CN NSW IMG_0440 20151013 - derbyi w. female or immature White-browed Woodswallow x 2. Gumlom Falls, Kakadu NP, N NT IMG_2539 20180725 - derbyi Bladenburg NP, C Qld IMG_3734 20200906 - derbyi Scrammy Waterhole, Bladensburg NP, NC Qld IMG_3710 20200905 - derbyi 3 x grubbing.