Spotted forktail

Spotted forktail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Enicurus
Species: E. maculatus
Binomial name
Enicurus maculatus
Vigors, 1831

The spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is found in the Himalayas, Bangladesh,[2][3] Northeast India, Myanmar, Yunnan and southern China. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Features: 25 cm with long tail. Sexes alike. White forehead, fore crown; black crown,nape;black back spotted white; broad, white wing-bar, rump; deeply forked, graduated black and white tail; black till breast, white below. The white spotted back easily identifies this species from other similar sized fork-tails in the Himalaya. Solitary or in scattered pairs; active bird, moving on mossy boulders at water's edge or in mid- stream; long, forked tail gracefully swayed, almost always kept horizontal; flies low over streams, calling; sometimes rests in shade of forest; commonly seen bird of the Himalaya. Food: aquatic insects, molluscs. Voice: shrill, screechy KREE call, mostly in flight; also some shrill,squeaky notes on perch. Range: the Himalaya; breeds mostly 1200-3600m; descends to about 600m in winter. Habitat: boulder- strewn torrents, forest streams, road side canals.

Spotted forktail in Pangot Uttarakhand

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Enicurus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ List of birds of Bangladesh
  3. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22710141/0


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