1848 J. Gould II. Pl. 31 Artamus personatus..Masked Wood Swallow.
1934 H. G. Lamond 112 It is the blue martin (Masked Wood-swallow).
1994 K. Simpson & N. Day 360 Wide nomadic movements of the Little, Masked and White-browed Wood-swallows facilitated gene flow which in turn accounts for lack of variation.