Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Голям късокрил славей |
| Catalan | alacurt de Sulawesi |
| Croatian | sulaveški kamenjar |
| Dutch | Sulawesikortvleugel |
| English | Great Shortwing |
| English (AVI) | Great Shortwing |
| English (United States) | Great Shortwing |
| Estonian | sulawesi paguööbik |
| Finnish | celebesintöpörastas |
| French | Brachyptère des Célèbes |
| French (Canada) | Brachyptère des Célèbes |
| German | Celebeskurzflügel |
| Indonesian | Cingcoang sulawesi |
| Japanese | セレベスコバネヒタキ |
| Norwegian | storkortvinge |
| Polish | kusokos |
| Russian | Сулавесский короткокрыл |
| Serbian | Veliki kratkokrili crvendać |
| Slovak | heinrichia krátkokrídla |
| Spanish | Alicorto de Célebes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alicorto grande |
| Swedish | större kortvinge |
| Turkish | Büyük Kısakanat |
| Ukrainian | Алікорто целебеський |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised and standardized the account's content with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Heinrichia calligyna Stresemann, 1931
PROTONYM:
Heinrichia calligyna
Stresemann, 1931. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 39, p.9.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Latimodjong Mountains.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HEINRICHIA
- calligyna
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Great Shortwing Heinrichia calligyna Scientific name definitions
Guy M. Kirwan, Nigel Collar, Josep del Hoyo, and David Christie
Version: 2.0 — Published October 8, 2021
Version: 2.0 — Published October 8, 2021
Distribution
Introduction
Endemic to Sulawesi, but notably absent from South Sulawesi, despite occurring on suitable mountains on each of the island’s other three ‘arms’ and in its central highlands (2).
Historical Changes to the Distribution
None reported.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Shortwing
Map last updated 17 April 2025.
