Chinese shortwing

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Chinese shortwing
Male in
Hubei Province
, China

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Brachypteryx
Species:
B. sinensis
Binomial name
Brachypteryx sinensis
Rickett, 1897

The Chinese shortwing (Brachypteryx sinensis) is a species of

Muscicapidae
.

It is found in southern

montane forests
. It is a shy skulker, preferring to be on or near the ground, in the depths of dark vegetation, where it feeds on small insects, larvae, berries, seeds, sprouts and new buds of plants. The nest consists of moss and grass stems, placed in a dense shrub.

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