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Philippine Shortwing
Brachypteryx poliogyna Ogilvie-Grant, 1895
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Philippine Shortwing Brachypteryx poliogyna is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family, found in the Philippines. It is a montane forest bird of the Oriental Region and is restricted to the country. It was described by Ogilvie-Grant in 1895. It lives in tropical moist montane forest above 600 metres, and is also associated with rainforest floor and undergrowth. The species was once treated as part of the White-browed Shortwing, but is now recognised separately. Seven subspecies are accepted, with forms spread across Luzon, Mindoro, Palawan, Negros, Panay and Mindanao.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Philippines
