Brachypteryx

Brachypteryx is a genus of passerine birds in the family Muscicapidae containing ten species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia.

Species

KINGDOM

KingdomAnimalia

Observations recorded3,012,139,120

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)

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 273
With media: 162
Family: Muscicapidae
Collections: USNM, CAS, CLO, NHMUK, FMNH, CUMV
Recorded in: Indonesia, Philippines, India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar

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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.

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