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Fiji woodswallow

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.〔Clunie, F. (1976) "Behaviour and Nesting of the Fijian White-breasted Woodswallows" ''Notornis'' 23: 61-75 ()〕 The species was once considered a race of the white-breasted woodswallow,〔Watling, D. (2001). ''A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia''. Environmental Consultants, Suva. ISBN 982-9030-04-0〕 which breeds from Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu through to Borneo and the Philippines. Some authors retain it in that species.〔Steadman D, (2006). ''Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds'', University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7〕
The Fiji woodswallow is a chunky bird 18 centimetres (7 in) long with a heavy black-tipped blue bill.〔Pratt, H., Bruner, P & Berrett, D. (1987) ''The Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific'' Princeton University Press:Princeton ISBN 0-691-08402-5〕 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.
==Distribution and habitat==
The Fiji woodswallow is endemic to the major islands of Fiji, namely Viti Levu, Vanua Levu and Taveuni.〔 It is absent from the fourth largest island, Kadavu, but is present on smaller Gau in the Lomaiviti Archipelago. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests and savannahs, but it has adjusted to human-altered habitats and also lives in cultivated areas; there are even urban populations in Suva and Nadi.〔 In Viti Levu it is found in the highlands, but not on the highlands of Taveuni.〔Blackburn, A. (1971) "Some notes on Fijian birds" ''Notornis'' 18(3): 147–174 ()〕
Unlike the nomadic populations of Australian white-breasted woodswallows, the Fiji woodswallow is sedentary. Family groups will occupy a tree in which they roost and nest in over several years.〔 It is thought that this is because the climatic conditions in Fiji are less extreme.

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