Rusty-bellied Shortwing
Brachypteryx hyperythraBlyth, E, 1861
English (US) Rusty-bellied Shortwing
The Rusty-bellied Shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra) 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: northeastern India (Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh) to southwestern China (Yunnan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Brachypteryx hyperythra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Rusty-bellied Shortwing
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1861
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1861
- Type locality
- DarjeeHng.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, pt.2 p.201
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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