White-browed Woodswallow

White-browed Woodswallow, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia

I love seeing woodswallows here at home and anywhere on my travels. All the various species present in Australia have a distinctive call that attracts my attention skywards. More often than not I hear them overhead before I see them. In many cases they are so high up to be almost invisible. At other times the flock – which can number from a dozen or so up to the hundreds – can be soaring just a few metres overhead. When a few individuals settle on some handy nearby dead branch I can sometimes get a few photos of these beautiful birds.

On a recent visit to Adelaide Zoo I was able to get up quite close to several White-browed Woodswallows in one of their aviaries. Despite the wire netting I was still able to get a reasonable few photos of them, albeit a little fuzzy.

White-browed Woodswallows can be found throughout Australia (except Cape York and Tasmania) but can be seasonal in their movements. Large flocks can  form and move quickly from one area to another, sometimes in response to drought or rainfall.

Further reading:

• Dusky Woodswallows
• Woodswallows on high
• Dusky woodswallow at the nest
• Brown snakes and woodswallows
  

White-browed Woodswallow, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia