Great Shortwing

Heinrichia calligyna

Least Concern

The Great Shortwing is a forest Old World flycatcher of Old World woodland, forest edge, scrub, mountain streams, and open rocky country. It hunts insects from low branches and dense understory, often in humid hill forest, where males may use bright blue, rufous, black, or white plumage in quiet territorial displays.

Family

Muscicapidae

Group

Old World Flycatchers

Range

Great Shortwing Range — Resident or seasonal range in Old World woodland, forest edge, scrub, mountain streams, and open rocky country

Population

≈ Unknown

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