燕鵙科(学名:Artamidae)是鸟纲雀形目中的一个科,分布于南亚澳洲以及印太地区海域的岛屿(如斐济[1]

燕鵙科
化石时期:中新世早期至现在
Cracticus nigrogularis英语Pied butcherbird
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 鸟纲 Aves
目: 雀形目 Passeriformes
科: 燕鵙科 Artamidae
Vigors, 1825
亚科

本科包括有24个现生种,分属三个亚科、六个属:

Artamids used to be 单型, containing only the woodswallows, but it was expanded to include the family Cracticidae in 1994. Some authors, however, still treat the two as separate families.[2] Some species in this family are known for their beautiful song. Their feeding habits vary from nectar sucking (woodswallows) to predation on small birds (pied currawong).

粗而短,体型似燕,因而得名。而其多于森林活动,故又有“森燕”[1](Woodswallow[3])一称。

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参考文献

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 林春辉. 世界動物圖鑑 6. 光复书局. 1999. ISBN 957-42-0398-0. 
  2. ^ Les Christidis & Walter E. Boles. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing. 2008: 174 [2020-12-28]. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6. (原始内容存档于2021-09-28). 
  3. ^ Rowley, Ian; Russell, Eleanor. Family Artamidae (Woodswallows). del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (编). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. 2009: 286–307. ISBN 978-84-96553-50-7.