shortwing

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noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.

noun Any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
noun Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.
noun A common name for Perilestidae, a family of damselflies in the order Odonata.

short +‎ wing

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Of the 365 birds known from this ecoregion, the rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra) is the only ecoregional endemic (Table 2).

Northern Triangle temperate forests 2008
Family Common Name Species Turdidae Rusty-bellied shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Northern Triangle subtropical forests 2008
There is one near-endemic species, the rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra) (Table 2).

Northern Triangle subtropical forests 2008
Family Common Name Species Turdidae Rusty-bellied shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Northern Triangle temperate forests 2008
The white-bellied shortwing also is a threatened species.

North Western Ghats montane rain forests 2007
The white-bellied treepie, white-bellied shortwing, and grey-breasted laughingthrush are primarily montane species.

North Western Ghats montane rain forests 2007
The correct technical word for a shortwing- flyer is "austringer".

Shortwingers, Randy Newman, and Gace de la Vigne 2006
My totem is the Gos uber- shortwing so I guess I am a hopeless shortwinger at heart.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006
The correct technical word for a shortwing- flyer is "austringer".

Archive 2006-08-01 2006
My totem is the Gos uber- shortwing so I guess I am a hopeless shortwinger at heart.

Shortwingers, Randy Newman, and Gace de la Vigne 2006