Gould's Shortwing

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When to see the Gould's Shortwing

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Gould's Shortwing

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bhutan.

About the Gould's Shortwing

Gould's shortwing is a small species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in the Himalayas, Yunnan and northern parts of Myanmar and Vietnam. It breeds in the eastern Himalayas in rocky areas above the tree-line and winters at lower altitude in wooded valleys.

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Easily confused with

Bagobo BabblerLeonardina woodiThe Bagobo babbler or Bagobo robin is a monotypic species of bird with its taxonomy undergoing numerous changes and is currently classified as Muscicapidae or an old world flycatcher. Seychelles Magpie-RobinCopsychus sechellarumThe Seychelles magpie-robin is a medium-sized endangered bird from the granitic Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenaeThe Palawan flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.