Philippine shortwing

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Philippine shortwing
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Male ssp. andersoni on Mount Banahaw, Luzon
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Female sub-adult ssp. andersoni on Mount Banahaw, Luzon
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Brachypteryx
Species:
B. poliogyna
Binomial name
Brachypteryx poliogyna

The Philippine shortwing (Brachypteryx poliogyna) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines where it favours montane forest. It was once conspecific with the White-browed Shortwing.

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Description and taxonomy

Ebird describes the celestial monarch as "A small, dark songster of montane rainforest floor and undergrowth in the Philippines. Male is overall dark, blue-gray with an indistinct, often concealed white eyebrow. Female has a dark gray body with a paler belly, and brown head and base to the undertail. Forages on the ground of various types of forest, including bamboo, fern, and mossy forest. Song is an up-and-down melody of long whistles, broken into short separate notes. Call, a repeated, soft double-note “biirrick!” [2]

This species was formerly considered as subspecies of the white-browed shortwing, now the Javan shortwing (Brachypteryx montana). The white-browed shortwing was split into five separate species based on the deep genetic difference between the populations [3] [4] coupled with the significant differences in plumage and vocalization. [5] [6]

Subspecies

Seven subspecies are recognised: [6]

An immature ssp. mindanensis on Mount Hamiguitan Immature white-browed shortwing Mt Hamiguitan.jpg
An immature ssp. mindanensis on Mount Hamiguitan

There is also an undescribed subspecies on South Cotabato which call is very different and is only found 800-1,000 masl. The higher elevation Mindanao subspecies group are candidates for a further splitting due to a very different calls compared to both its mid-elevation counterpart and the rest of the Philippines. Further work is needed on the taxonomy of this species complex.

The diet of consists of insects. [7]

Habitat and conservation status

Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forest above 600 meters above sea level.

IUCN has assessed this bird as least-concern species but the population is still decreasing due to deforestation. [8]

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References

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