Javan shortwing explained

The Javan shortwing (Brachypteryx montana) (formerly the white-browed shortwing) is a species of bird that is placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the island of Java where it favours montane forests.

Taxonomy

The Javan shortwing was formally described in 1821 by the America naturalist Thomas Horsfield. He coined the present binomial name Brachypteryx montana.[1]

This species was formerly named the white-browed shortwing and included many subspecies. It was split into five separate species based on the deep genetic difference between the populations coupled with the significant differences in plumage and vocalization.[2] [3] [4] The new species are the Philippine shortwing (Brachypteryx poliogyna), the Bornean shortwing (Brachypteryx erythrogyna), the Sumatran shortwing (Brachypteryx saturata) and the Flores shortwing (Brachypteryx floris). The white-browed shortwing with its much reduced range was renamed the Javan shortwing.[5] The species is now monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]

Description

The Javan shortwing is a shy skulker, preferring to be on or near the ground, in the depths of dark vegetation, where it feeds on small insects, larvae, berries, seeds, sprouts and new buds of plants. The nest consists of moss and grass stems, placed in a dense shrub.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Horsfield . Thomas . Thomas Horsfield . 1821 . Systematic arrangement and description of birds from the island of Java . Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . 13 . Part 1 . 133–200 [157] . Latin, English . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00061.x . The paper was read to a meeting of the Society in April 1820. The title page is dated 1822.
  2. Kyriazis . C.C. . Alam . B. . Wjodyla . M. . Hackett . S. . Hosner . P. . Mays . H.L. . Heaney . L.R. . Reddy . S. . 2018 . Colonization and diversification of the white-browed shortwing (Aves: Muscicapidae: Brachypteryx montana) in the Philippines . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 121 . 121-131 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.025. free .
  3. Shakya . S.B. . Irham . M. . Brady . M.L. . Haryoko . T. . Fitriana . Y.S. . Johnson . O. . Rahman . M.A. . Robi . N.J. . Moyle . R.G. . Prawiradilaga . D.M. . Sheldon . F.H. . 2020 . Observations on the relationships of some Sundaic passerine taxa (Aves: Passeriformes) previously unavailable for molecular phylogenetic study . Journal of Ornithology . 161 . 3 . 651-664 . 10.1007/s10336-020-01766-9.
  4. Collar . N. . del Hoyo . J. . Christie . D.A. . Boesman . P.F.D. . 2022 . Javan Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana), version 1.0 . Sly . N.D. . Birds of the World . Ithaca, NY, USA . Cornell Lab of Ornithology . 10.2173/bow.whbsho11.01 .
  5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2023 . Chats, Old World flycatchers . IOC World Bird List Version 13.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 6 February 2023.
  6. Web site: Birding in Taiwan - White-browed Shortwing.

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