Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Brachypteryx Higher classification Old World flycatcher Order Passerine | Family Muscicapidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Lesser shortwing, White‑browed shortwing, Gould's shortwing, Rusty‑bellied shortwing | ||
White browed shortwing brachypteryx montana erythroggma
Brachypteryx is a genus of birds, containing three species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia. They are colourful medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds. Brachypteryx was previously placed in the thrush family Turdidae but in 2010 two separate molecular phylogenetic studies found that species in the genus were more closely related to members of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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- White browed shortwing brachypteryx montana erythroggma
- Shortwing white browed brachypteryx montana
- References
The genus contains the following species:
Whilst the white-browed and rusty-bellied shortwings show strong sexual plumage dimorphism, the lesser shortwing is sexually monomorphic.
Three other species were formerly placed in Brachypteryx:
Shortwing white browed brachypteryx montana
References
Brachypteryx Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA