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When to see the Rusty-bellied Shortwing
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rusty-bellied 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 Myanmar (Burma).
About the Rusty-bellied Shortwing
The rusty-bellied shortwing is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Yunnan, Northeast India and far northern Myanmar.
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Easily confused with
Sumatran ShortwingBrachypteryx saturataThe Sumatran shortwing is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
Flores ShortwingBrachypteryx florisThe Flores shortwing is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
Chinese ShortwingBrachypteryx sinensisThe Chinese shortwing is a species of chat.
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