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Flores Shortwing
Brachypteryx floris Hartert, EJO, 1897
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Flores Shortwing, Brachypteryx floris, is a bird of montane Flores in the Lesser Sundas, within the Oriental Region. It belongs to the Muscicapidae family of chats and Old World flycatchers. Hartert, EJO, 1897 described it. It is confined to the island of Flores and is associated with montane forest. The species is monotypic, with no recognised subspecies. It was once treated as part of the white-browed shortwing, now the Javan shortwing, before being separated as a distinct species.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: montane Flores (c Lesser Sundas)
