Shortwing

Shortwings
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Division: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae
Genera
Brachypteryx Heinrichia

The shortwings are colourful medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Brachypteryx and Heinrichia of the thrush family Turdidae.

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

• Great Shortwing, Heinrichia calligyna