Gould's Shortwing

Gould's shortwing is a small passerine of the family Muscicapidae and the only species in the genus Heteroxenicus, formerly placed in Brachypteryx. It is 12–13 cm long and 19–23 g, chestnut above and dark grey below with small white spots or stars on the belly, long brown legs and a black bill; the sexes are similar. The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804–1881) (Wikipedia, general species account).

It breeds in the eastern Himalaya in rocky areas above the tree line and winters at lower altitude in wooded valleys. Nothing is known of its nest or eggs (Wikipedia, general species account).