Bornean forktail
| Bornean forktail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Enicurus |
| Species: | E. borneensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Enicurus borneensis Sharpe, 1889 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Bornean forktail (Enicurus borneensis) is a small, black and white bird, with a long and deeply forked tail, in the Old World flycatcher family. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it occupies streamside habitats in montane primary forest.[1]
Taxonomy
It is closely related to the very similar white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) of which it is sometimes considered a subspecies,[2] and from which it was split because of:[3]
- a recognizably different type of mitochondrial DNA
- the reduced extent of the white forehead shield, which does not cover the crown
- its larger size and longer tail with four, rather than five, white tail patches
- different calls
- different habitat, with the Bornean forktail replacing the lowland dwelling white-crowned forktail in the mountains and in submontane areas.
References
- ↑ Phillipps, Quentin; & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- ↑ "Bornean Forktail". Species factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
- ↑ Moyle, Robert G.; Schilthuizen, Menno; Rahman, Mustafa A.; & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the white-crowned forktail Enicurus leschenaulti in Borneo". Journal of Avian Biology 36 (2): 96–101. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03510.x.
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