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Fiji woodswallow

Artamus mentalis Jardine, 1845

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis) is a species in the family Artamidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 41.9 g to 42 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fiji woodswallow

Weight
41.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fiji woodswallow live?

Not recorded

What is the fiji woodswallow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis) is a species of woodswallow in the family Artamidae. It is endemic to most of the islands of Fiji, although it is absent from Kadavu Archipelago and the Lau Archipelago. The species was once considered a race of the white-breasted woodswallow, which breeds from Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu through to Borneo and the Philippines. Some authors retain it in that species.

The Fiji woodswallow is a chunky bird 18 centimetres (7 in) long with a heavy black-tipped blue bill. The plumage is sooty dark above, with a white belly, rump and throat. It is distinguished from the white-breasted woodswallow by the amount of white on the throat, which in the Fiji woodswallow comes up to the level of the bill.

From the Wikipedia article “Fiji woodswallow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiji_woodswallow&oldid=1379875548), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the fiji woodswallow endangered?

The fiji woodswallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the fiji woodswallow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyArtamidae
  6. genusArtamus
  7. SpeciesArtamus mentalis Jardine, 1845

Synonyms Artamus leucorhynchus mentalis, Artamus leucoryn mentalis

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • سنونو الخشب فيجيArabic
  • artami de les FijiCatalan
  • lasolet fidžijskýCzech
  • Fiji SvalestærDanish
  • FidschischwalbenstarGerman
  • fiĝia artamoEsperanto
  • Artamo de las FiyiSpanish
  • fidži tuulasEstonian
  • پرستوی جنگلی فیجیPersian
  • fidzinleijuFinnish
  • fidžinleijuFinnish
  • SikorereFijian
  • Langrayen des FidjiFrench
  • fidžijska lastavičarkaCroatian
  • fidzsi fecskeseregélyHungarian
  • Artamo delle FigiItalian
  • Rondine boschereccia delle FigiItalian
  • フィジーモリツバメJapanese
  • fidžinis artamasLithuanian
  • FijispitsvogelDutch
  • ostrolot białogardłyPolish
  • andorinha-do-mato-das-fijiPortuguese
  • andorinha-do-bosque-das-fijiPortuguese
  • Фиджийский артамRussian
  • hmyziar bieloprsýSlovak
  • Šumska lasta sa FidžijaSerbian
  • fijisvalstareSwedish
  • นกแอ่นพงฟิจิThai
  • Fiji OrmankırlangıcıTurkish
  • ланграйн фіджійськийUkrainian
  • 斐济燕鵙Chinese
  • 斐濟燕鵙Chinese

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Relatives of the fiji woodswallow

Other species in the same genus Artamus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the fiji woodswallow?

An adult fiji woodswallow weighs 41.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fiji woodswallow endangered?

The fiji woodswallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the fiji woodswallow?

The fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis) belongs to the family Artamidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fiji-woodswallow

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BibTeX
@misc{fiji_woodswallow_2026,
  title = {Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fiji-woodswallow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}