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The Birds Essay Preview: The Birds Report this essay Five species of shortwings (genus Brachypteryx, subfamily Turdinae) exist; four of which are found in the Himalayas. The fifth, the endemic White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major, is the only shortwing found in the Western Ghats, South India and has two subspecies: B. m. major and B. m..