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Brachypteryx
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Brachypteryx
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
Brachypteryx is a genus of passerine birds in the family Muscicapidae containing ten species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia.
Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
The genus Brachypteryx from the classical Greek brakhus mean "short" and pterux meaning "wing". -
Lesser Shortwing
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus: Brachypteryx
Lesser Shortwing
(Hoét đuôi cụt mày trắng, Brachypteryx leucophris)The family name Muscicapidae is from Muscicapa which comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.
Some consider the Langbiang Lesser Shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris langbianensis) a subspecies of the Lesser Shortwing.
The genus Brachypteryx from the classical Greek: brakhus mean "short" and pterux meaning "wing".
The lesser shortwing, a species of chat, is now classified in the family Muscicapidae.
leuco- From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”).