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Gould's shortwing
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Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus) is a small species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in the Himalayas (mainly Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Bhutan), Yunnan and northern parts of Myanmar and Vietnam. It breeds in the eastern Himalayas in rocky areas above the tree-line and winters at lower altitude in wooded valleys.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Heteroxenicus Sharpe, 1902 |
Species: | H. stellatus |
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Heteroxenicus stellatus (Gould, 1868) | |
Synonyms | |
Brachypteryx stellatus |
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Gould's shortwing is the only species in the genus Heteroxenicus. It was formerly placed in the genus Brachypteryx.
The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804-1881).[2]