Species profile
Taiwan Shortwing
Brachypteryx goodfellowi
Quick answer
Breeding regions are OR. Breeding subregions are montane Taiwan.
- Scientific name
- Brachypteryx goodfellowi
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Brachypteryx
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Taiwan Shortwing in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
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- African Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata)
- African Grey Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus)
- African Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas minor)
- African stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Ala Shan Redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)