Typical Shortwings
Brachypteryx
Brachypteryx is a genus of passerine birds in the family Muscicapidae containing ten species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia.
Shortwings are small birds with long legs, finely pointed bills, short tails and short rounded wings. They are shy elusive ground-dwellers that generally prefer the cover of dense undergrowth.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Lesser Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx leucophris
Himalayan Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx cruralis
Bornean Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx erythrogyna
Taiwan Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx goodfellowi
Philippine Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx poliogyna
Sumatran Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx saturata
Rusty-bellied Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx hyperythra
Javan Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx montana
Chinese Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx sinensis
Flores Shortwing
speciesBrachypteryx floris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12929.