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Shortwing

Shortwings
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Division:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Turdidae
Genera
Brachypteryx
Heinrichia

The shortwings are colourful medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Brachypteryx and Heinrichia of the thrush family Turdidae.

All are southeast Asian species:

  • Rusty-bellied Shortwing, Brachypteryx hyperythra
  • Gould's Shortwing, Brachypteryx stellata
  • White-bellied Shortwing, Brachypteryx major
  • Lesser Shortwing, Brachypteryx leucophrys
  • White-browed Shortwing, Brachypteryx montana

  • Great Shortwing, Heinrichia calligyna



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