All the while I was given the impression that Wood swallows comes from Australia. Woodswallow is now part of the Artaminae group which is expanded from the Artamidae That large group include the Australian Butcherbirds and the Australian Magpie, so Woodswallow has more resemblances with these Australian birds. In fact, the Woodswallow had an earlier name as " Swallow-Starling" due to it similarity with the Shrikes for having that "butcher" quality. Yes, there is a good distribution of other Woodswallows in Australia but the species that we see here are Asian in origin. The White-breasted Woodswallow for example, do spread its range from Malaysia to Australia.

Though this bird has roughly the same size and some profile of the Swallow and also perched like one, the name "Woodswallow" is in fact a misnomer. This bird beside having that couple of similarities, is very different from the true Swallows.

The Woodswallow though having a brush-tipped tongue but hardly uses it to gather nectar. Instead being a smooth agile flyer, this is one bird that soar above tree top like Flycatchers to snatch their food insect and which most passerines would not do. They can do that because of the semi-triangular pointed wings and which they use ending with graceful glides back to their perch.

The Woodswallows hunts alone or in pair and here they are perched in pair or very small group of 3-4 birds but not clustered.

The bird is well scattered and seen in pairs. Though hardly in groups of few birds, but they are almost every where. Collectively they should be seen in great numbers challenging the numbers of Barn Swallows also appearing in the area.

I read some where that the bird was once a native of Australia, which of course Australia is still one of the many native lands. Perhaps has being migrating to the tropics for winter. This must be the White-breasted Woodswallows. Among the many species, the white-breasted Woodswallow has an with an extremely large range. It is native to the Andaman Islands, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, north and east Australia, and the southwest Pacific. There are nine recognized sub-species  of this bird and they all vary in overall size, bill size and wing length. Some even have their head and upper part in varying tone.

 Woodswallows are locally nomadic, they are following the best conditions for flying insects. So the bird, in a strict sense do not migrate but out of the vicinity for a while until the next circle when food becomes abundant in the area once more.