| Forktails | |
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| Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Enicurus Temminck, 1822 |
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The forktails are small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Their name derives from their long forked tail.[1]
These are southeast Asian forest species principally associated with mountain forests and streams. Most nest in rock crevices, laying 2-4 eggs.
Species[]
- Little Forktail, Enicurus scouleri
- Slaty-backed Forktail, Enicurus schistaceus
- Sunda Forktail, Enicurus velatus
- Chestnut-naped Forktail, Enicurus ruficapillus
- Black-backed Forktail, Enicurus immaculatus
- White-crowned Forktail, Enicurus leschenaulti
- Bornean Forktail, Enicurus (leschenaulti) borneensis[2]
- Spotted Forktail, Enicurus maculatus
References[]
- ^ Collar, Nigel (2005), "Family Turdidae (Thrushes)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10, Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 805–807, ISBN 84-87334-72-5
- ^ Moyle, Robert; Menno Schilthuizen, Mustafa A. Rahman and Frederick H. Sheldon, (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. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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