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Brachypteryx floris

Identification

Distribution

Mountains of Flores (western Lesser Sundas)

Taxonomy

Philippine Shortwing, Bornean Shortwing, Sumatran Shortwing, Javan Shortwing and Flores Shortwing were formerly lumped together under the name of White-browed Shortwing.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

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/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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External Links

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