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Chinese Shortwing
Brachypteryx sinensis Rickett, 1897
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Chinese Shortwing, Brachypteryx sinensis, is a chat in the family Muscicapidae and breeds in south-east China. It is a bird of subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, where it stays close to the ground and keeps to thick, shaded growth. In these dark places it is a shy bird. Its nest is made from moss and grass stems and is set in a dense shrub. Described by Rickett in 1897, it belongs to the order Passeriformes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: se China
