Shortwing (Asian thrushes)
- Shortwing (Asian thrushes)
Taxobox
name = Shortwings
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Turdidae
genus = "Brachypteryx"
genus_authority = Horsfield 1821The shortwings are colourful medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera "Brachypteryx" of the thrush family Turdidae. In addition to these another species, the Great Shortwing, "Heinrichia calligyna", is known as a shortwing.
All are southeast Asian species:
* Rusty-bellied Shortwing, "Brachypteryx hyperythra"
* Gould's Shortwing, "Brachypteryx stellata"
* White-bellied Shortwing, "Brachypteryx major"
* Lesser Shortwing, "Brachypteryx leucophrys"
* White-browed Shortwing, "Brachypteryx montana"
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