Great shortwing

Great shortwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Heinrichia
Stresemann, 1931
Species: H. calligyna
Binomial name
Heinrichia calligyna
Stresemann, 1931

The great shortwing (Heinrichia calligyna) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, and the only member of its genus. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests.

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