A chat in the family Muscicapidae...in
Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines,
Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Brachypteryx montana
(L 5.1")
Doi Inthanon National Park
Brachypterus is Greek
for short wing.
Musca means fly;
capere to catch.
Birding with KingBird, birding with KingBird;
We see the birds (or we think that we do).
Shamas and shortwings, babblers and small
things;
Y’all come along, and you’ll see them too.
(Lynn Barber)