White-browed Shortwing

Brachypteryx montana - Brachyptère bleue

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Brachypteryx
Species
:
montana

Descriptor

Horsfield, 1821

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 20 à 23 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

White-browed Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 11 subspecies

Brachypteryx montana montana (Java)
Brachypteryx montana sillimani (Palawan. w Philippines.)
Brachypteryx montana poliogyna (n Luzon. n Philippines.)
Brachypteryx montana andersoni (s Luzon. n Philippines.)
Brachypteryx montana mindorensis (Mindoro. nw Philippines.)
Brachypteryx montana brunneiceps (Negros and Panay. wc Philippines.)
Brachypteryx montana malindangensis (Mt. Malindang. Mindanao.)
Brachypteryx montana mindanensis (Mt. Apo. Mindanao.)
Brachypteryx montana erythrogyna (n Borneo)
Brachypteryx montana saturata (Sumatra)
Brachypteryx montana floris (Flores. Lesser Sundas.)

Foreign names

Brachyptère bleue,
Alicorto de Java,
asa-curta-de-sobrolho-branco,
Java-Bergkurzflügel,
hegyi rövidszárnyúrigó,
Blauwe Kortvleugel,
Alacorta cigliabianche,
blå kortvinge,
Hvitbrynkortvinge,
kratokrídlec modrý,
drozdík modrý,
Hvidbrynet Rundvinge,
sinitöpörastas,
alacurt blau,
kusochwostka górska,
zilais īsspārnis,
Голубой короткокрылый дрозд,
Cingcoang biru,
コバネヒタキ,
蓝短翅鸫,
นกปีกสั้นสีน้ำเงิน,
小翼鶇〔藍短翅鶇〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Geographic range

Sources of information

Vol. 10 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
Avibase, Lepage Denis
IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.

Other sources of interest