Gould's Shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus) [XC156834]
by Frank Lambert from Mishmi Hills, above Hunli, Arunachal Pradesh, India (call)
Gould's Shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus) [XC156838]
by Edward Vercruysse from Mishmi, above Hunli (3), Arunachal Pradesh, India (call)
Subspecies
Commonly placed in genus Brachypteryx, but herein considered sufficiently distinctive in plumage and vocalizations to warrant reinstatement in its own monotypic genus.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
stellatus (Gould, 1868) - Central and eastern Himalayas east to north-eastern Myanmar and southern China (south-eastern Xizang, Yunnan).
fuscus (Delacour and Jabouille, 1930) - Mountains of northern Vietnam (north-western Tonkin).