Brachypteryx
Brachypteryx is a genus of passerine birds in the family Muscicapidae containing ten species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia.
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Vogels Brachypteryx is een geslacht van vogels uit de familie vliegenvangers(Muscicapidae).Het geslacht telt 6 soorten.[1] Soorten Brachypteryx cruralis (Blyth, 1843) – himalayakortvleugel Brachypteryx goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1912 – taiwankortvleugel Brachypteryx hyperythra Blyth, 1861 – roestbuikkortvleugel Brachypteryx leucophris (Temminck, 1828) – kleine kortvleugel Brachypteryx montana Horsfield, 1821 – blauwe kortvleugel Brachypteryx sinensis Rickett, 1897 – Chinese kortvleugel Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ (en) F. Gill, M. Wright D. & Donsker (2019)
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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.