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Scientific Name : Cyornis rubeculoides
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Lesser Shortwing is a small passerine whose male is visibly different from the female even as juveniles (length 13 cm, weight 20 g, wing 6 cm, bill 1.5 cm, tarsus 2.6 cm, tail 3.5 cm approximately). The male looks slaty-blue from above and white from below. It has blue-grey flank and breast-band and a fine white supercilium. The female looks rufous-brown from above and white from below. It has buff eye-ring and almost an invisible white supercilium. Its breast-band and flanks are diffused and have rufous-brown wash. It feeds mainly on insects. It breeds in April-July.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Larvivora cyane
(Bluethroat) -
Turdus atrogularis
(Rufous-throated Thrush) -
Tarsiger hyperythrus
(Himalayan (Orange-flanked) Bush-robin) -
Turdus eunomus
(Black- (Dark‑) throated Thrush) -
Turdus ruficollis
(Oriental Magpie-robin) -
Cyornis unicolor
(Pale‑chinned Flycatcher) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Ficedula ruficauda
(Red-breasted Flycatcher) -
Zoothera dauma
(Purple Cochoa) -
Turdus dissimilis
(Tickell's Thrush)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits
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Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel (www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Teus Luijendijkmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel (www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Teus Luijendijkmore information, please contact us.