Great Shortwing

Heinrichia calligyna Stresemann, 1931

Great Shortwing, Heinrichia calligyna, is a passerine of the family Muscicapidae that breeds in montane Sulawesi. It is the only species in its genus and was described by Stresemann in 1931. Endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia, it lives in tropical moist mountain forest and occurs at elevations from 1,500 to 3,500 m. The bird is stocky with short rounded wings and is about 17.5 cm long. The male is mostly very dark blue with small white marks at the tail base, while the female has a white spot before the eye and a reddish-brown rump.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Australasia: montane Sulawesi