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
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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
Photos from this Account
Male
© Stijn De Win
Female
© Robert Hutchinson
Male
© Sam Woods/Tropical Birding Tours
Female
© Andy Walker - Birding Ecotours
Female
© Robert Hutchinson
Adult male lateral view (subspecies calligyna).
Plumage is entirely dark blue except for slightly brighter metallic blue tips to the sides of the crown, ear-coverts, and throat (these tips are visible only at close range and in good light), the blackish lores and face.
© Stijn De Win
Adult male dorsal view (subspecies calligyna).
© Robert Hutchinson
Adult male lateral view (subspecies calligyna).
© Robert Hutchinson
Male showing head detail (subspecies calligyna).
© Sam Woods/Tropical Birding Tours
Macaulay Library Photos for Great Shortwing
Top-rated photos submitted to the Macaulay Library via eBird. Note: Our content editors have not confirmed the species identification for these photos.
