Taiwan Shortwing
Brachypteryx goodfellowiOgilvie-Grant, WR, 1912
English (US) Taiwan Shortwing
The Taiwan Shortwing (Brachypteryx goodfellowi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: mountains of TaiwanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Brachypteryx goodfellowi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Taiwan Shortwing
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1912
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1912
- Type locality
- Mount Arizan, 8,000 ft., Formosa.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 29 p.108
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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