Gould's Shortwing (Heteroxenicus Stellatus) Is A Small Species Of Passerine Bird In The Family Muscicapidae. It Is Found In The Himalayas, Yunnan And Northern Parts Of Myanmar And Vietnam. It Breeds In The Eastern Himalayas In Rocky Areas Above The Tree-Line And Winters At Lower Altitude In Wooded Valleys. Bizarrely For The Cover-Loving Shortwings, This Species Breeds On Treeless Alpine Slopes,

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