Brown-winged schiffornis
The brown-winged schiffornis, is a species of Neotropical bird.It is found in Amazon rainforest and eastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.Description
It is medium-sized, about 24 cm long. Depending on subspecies, it is overall brownish or olive. The belly is often greyish.Taxonomy
The brown-winged schiffornis has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC.
The species was split by the AOU in 2013 from the species complex thrush-like schiffornis.
