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Category:Heteroxenicus - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Heteroxenicus

Description

This genus contains only one species, Gould's Shortwing.

Taxonomy

Heteroxenicus is a genus in the Family Muscicapidae.
It was formerly placed in the family Turdidae, but genetic evidence showed it to belong to the Old World Flycatchers.
Gould's Shortwing was formerly placed in genus Brachypteryx


Genus Heteroxenicus viewedit
H. stellatus Gould's Shortwing

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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