Lesser Shortwing
Photo © Dan Vickers
Photo © Dan Vickers — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #342575165The lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris) is a species of chat. This species is now classified in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in south-eastern Asia, Sumatra, Java and the Lesser Sundas. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Khangchendzonga National Park
Sakkyong, India
+290 birds+1 mammals
Where the eastern Himalayas surge toward their crowning peaks, Khangchendzonga National Park embraces a landscape of almost overwhelming vertical drama. Rising from subtropical river valleys into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Nanling Forest Park
Ruyang Forest Farm, China
+179 birds+3 mammals
Granite ridges and weathered peaks rise through a canopy of subtropical montane forest where Ruyang Forest Farm anchors one of southern China's most biodiverse landscapes. Across…
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLEKaziranga National Park
Kohora, India
+422 birds+26 mammals
Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTaman Negara National Park
Kampong Samas, Malaysia
+393 birds+48 mammals
Where ancient rainforest meets limestone peaks, one of Southeast Asia's oldest protected wilderness preserves sprawls across 4,343 square kilometers of primordial landscape. Dipterocarp giants tower overhead,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Ciremai National Park
Majalengka, Indonesia
+116 birds+1 mammals
Volcanic slopes rise sharply from West Java's interior, where Gunung Ciremai's 3,078-metre summit dominates a landscape carved by geological upheaval and shaped by equatorial monsoon rainfall.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Merbabu National Park
Magelang, Indonesia
+61 birds+2 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from the plateau of Central Java, Gunung Merbabu National Park encompasses nearly 200 square kilometers of montane forest that transitions through…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Merapi National Park
Hargobinangun, Indonesia
+150 birds+3 mammals
Where the volcanic slopes of central Java rise into mist and montane forest, Mount Merapi National Park guards one of Indonesia's most dynamic landscapes. Spanning roughly…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMutis Timau National Park
Timor Tengah Selatan, Indonesia
+77 birds
Where the volcanic highlands of Timor Tengah Selatan rise above the surrounding lowlands, Mutis Timau National Park unfolds across approximately 224 square kilometres of mountain forest…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKerinci Seblat National Park
Kerinci, Indonesia
+228 birds+16 mammals
Across nearly 67,000 square kilometres of Sumatra's spine, a mountainous realm of equatorial rainforest rises from steaming lowlands to volcanic peaks shrouded in cloud. Kerinci Seblat…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNo community photos yet. Log in to add the first one.
No community observations of this species yet.